# Incident 19811231088249I: Piper PA34200T, Riverton, WY, December 31, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1981, 07:00 local time
- Place: Riverton, WY
- Airport: Riverton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0263° N, 108.3813° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Riverton, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0263&lon=-108.3813&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39630 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811231088249I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZT SMOKE AND SPARKS IN COCKPIT. LANDED, CLEARED UP WHEN HEATER SHUTDOWN. HEATER INGESTED FELT MATERIAL NO SCREEN

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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