# Incident 19800702059179I: Piper PA31350, Boise, ID, July 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1980, 14:40 local time
- Place: Boise, ID
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6135° N, 116.2035° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boise, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6135&lon=-116.2035&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300ED, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N300ED-2012-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 400 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800702059179I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING TAXI TO TAKEOFF, SMELLED SMOKE. A LOOSE CONNECTION IN TERMINAL HAD CAUSED A SHORT.

## Other reports on N300ED (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20111208029059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111208029059A), Dec 8, 2011: Piper PA-31-350 (N300ED), Kaltag, AK, Substantial damage. On December 8, 2011 at 1450 AKST, pilot elected to approach the Kaltag Airport (pakv) VFR with weather conditions reporting 1 3/4SM ovc 010. Pilot operated GPS…
- [Incident 19980529014149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980529014149I), May 29, 1998: Piper PA31350 (N300ED), Fairbanks, AK. Narrative: aircraft departed Fairbanks enroute to fort yukon. 20 miles north of Fairbanks the right engine failed. The pilot shut down the engine and returned…
- [Incident 19880202009169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880202009169I), Feb 2, 1988: Piper PA31350 (N300ED), Aniak, AK. Left engine failed on climb. Engine was shut down. Returned. Found a cracked cylinder.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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