19840120055209I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Redding, CA · January 20, 1984

Date
January 20, 1984 · 06:38 local
Place
Redding, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
AFSA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N35479
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84IA147
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,600 total1,700 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Turned heater on while taxiing. Smoke permeated cockpit. Evacuation. Tube assembly of janitrol heater cracked.

As the FAA filed it

TURNED HEATER ON WHILE TAXIING. SMOKE PERMEATED COCKPIT. EVACUATION. TUBE ASSEMBLY OF JANITROL HEATER CRACKED.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N35479 · 1

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