# Incident 19810523056729I: Beech V35A, Palo Alto, CA, May 23, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1981, 16:29 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7058N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7058N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35A (registry code 1151544, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 692 total, 23 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810523056729I

## Narrative

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

CIGARETTE LIGHTER JAMMED, CIRCUIT BREAKER FAILED TO OPEN. HEAT BURNED WIRES. SMOKE IN CABIN. EMERGENCY LANDED.

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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