# Incident 19821123065859I: Piper PA32300, Chamberlain, SD, November 23, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1982, 07:15 local time
- Place: Chamberlain, SD
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7987° N, 99.3296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chamberlain, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7987&lon=-99.3296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8906N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8906N-2018-01-17) (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 IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 900 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/19821123065859I

## Narrative

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

BUTANE CIGARETTE LIGHTER EXPLODED IN A PURSE IN SEAT POCKET BEHIND PILOT. CONCLUSIVE FORCE SPRUNG A DOOR LATCH.

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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