# Incident 19860623039689I: Piper PA31350, Eden Prairie, MN, June 23, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1986, 14:40 local time
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JHMA
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84859, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84859-2012-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 900 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860623039689I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT EN ROUTE. RETURNED AND FOUND A FAILURE IN THE WING FLAP POSITION INDICATOR.

## Other reports on N84859 (2)

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

- [Accident 20071112826479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071112826479A), Nov 12, 2007: Piper PA31350 (N84859), Salt Lake City, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was repositioning the company aircraft from price to Salt Lake City, Utah under part 91. On approach to landing on runway 35 he performed his…
- [Incident 20001215031769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001215031769I), Dec 15, 2000: Piper PA31350 (N84859), Roberts, ID, Minor damage. (-23) A/c departed salt lake city international airport after lengthy (approx. one hour) weather and departure delays. Unexpected weather conditions enroute…

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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