# Incident 19801009073409I: Piper PA28181, Vacaville, CA, October 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1980, 11:15 local time
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Airport: Nut Tree
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3782° N, 121.9612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NUT TREE (VCB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3782&lon=-121.9612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3561A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3561A-1988-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 40 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/19801009073409I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZT COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE AFTER AIR CONDITIONER WAS TURNED ON. REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR.

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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