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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31P · Lake Charles, LA · May 28, 1982

Date
May 28, 1982 · 15:30 local
Place
Lake Charles, LA
Airport
Lake Charles
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N222SA
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW82IA209
Reported as
Piper PA31P
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A135
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,056 total36 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke in cockpit. Emergency descent. Turned off electrics, put passengers on oxygen, cigarette lighter shorted out.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. EMERGENCY DESCENT. TURNED OFF ELECTRICS, PUT PASSENGERS ON OXYGEN, CIGARETTE LIGHTER SHORTED OUT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.