# Incident 19870119005639I: Piper PA28161, Ithaca, NY, January 19, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1987, 13:30 local time
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins County
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444CF-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870119005639I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN CABIN DURING TAXI. FOUND HOBBS WIRING SHORTED. INSTALLED IN LINE FUSE IN HOBBS METER WIRING.

## Other reports on N444CF (1)

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

- [Accident 20070904829749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070904829749A), Sep 4, 2007: Piper PA28161 (N444CF), Williamson/Sod, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) On 9/4/2007, N444CF took off from great valley airport (N56) enroute to the Williamson/Sodus airport (ksdc). The pilot [privacy data omitted] attempted…

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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