# Incident 19810717060549I: Piper PA32RT300T, Wilmington, NC, July 17, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: New Hanover
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42LB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810717060549I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZG ZH CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE PILOT DIVERTED. FOUND LEFT EXHAUST PIPE BROKEN. BURNED DUCTING AND WIRING.

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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