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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Syracuse, NY · September 7, 1985

Date: September 7, 1985 · 11:42 local
Place: Syracuse, NY
Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N67SP
Reported as: Piper PA32R301T
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,050 total25 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N67SPRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-301TS/N 32R-8029066 · Built 1980 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-301T Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Cockpit filled with smoke after takeoff. Returned for landing. Ammeter terminal posts shorted out.

As the FAA filed it

COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE AFTER TAKEOFF. RETURNED FOR LANDING. AMMETER TERMINAL POSTS SHORTED OUT.