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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Norwood, MA · August 18, 1980

Date: August 18, 1980 · 18:30 local
Place: Norwood, MA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft: N3555D
Reported as: Piper PA31350
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,200 total4,700 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3555DRegistered now · Piper PA-31-350S/N 31-8052059 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke in cockpit during climb, returned to airport. Air conditioning motor had burned out.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT DURING CLIMB, RETURNED TO AIRPORT. AIR CONDITIONING MOTOR HAD BURNED OUT.

Other reports on N3555D · 1

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

Incident 20180220011789ILanding: Touchdown · Fort Lauderdale, FLOn 20 February aircraft N3555D landed on runway 9 at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (fxe) with the landing gear in the up position.Feb 20, 2018 · Minor damage