# Incident 19810210011809I: Aerosp 262ANORD, State College, PA, February 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1981, 08:30 local time
- Place: State College, PA
- Airport: State College
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PCAA
- Location: 40.8500° N, 77.8476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STATE COLLEGE RGNL (UNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8500&lon=-77.8476&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29808 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP 262ANORD
- People aboard: 24
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,965 total, 1,410 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/19810210011809I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE APPEARED IN CABIN. SHUT DOWN CABIN HEAT AND CONTINUED. FOUND DUCT SLIPPED DOWN ONTO APU DUCT. INSULATION BURN

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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