# Incident 19820524024329I: Piper PA32300, Gaston, OR, May 24, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1982, 10:57 local time
- Place: Gaston, OR
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4349° N, 123.1451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaston, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4349&lon=-123.1451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4116R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4116R-2014-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820524024329I

## Narrative

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

IN FLIGHT, COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE FROM COMPARTMENT LINING FIRE IGNITED BY CAR BATTERY SHORTED BY JUMPER CABLES.

## Other reports on N4116R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19861230069869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861230069869A), Dec 30, 1986: Piper PA32300 (N4116R), Gates, OR, Destroyed. The aircraft struck a tree during a night approach to an unlit private airstrip and was destroyed.

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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