# Incident 19870808076819I: Piper PA28140, Youngstown, OH, August 8, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1987, 08:30 local time
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Airport: Executive
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 80.6495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Youngstown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-80.6495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N670FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N670FL-1988-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870808076819I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN CABIN. DIVERTED TO YOUNGSTOWN. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. DIODE NEAR THE BATTERY SHORTED.

## Other reports on N670FL (1)

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

- [Accident 19870912051599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870912051599A), Sep 12, 1987: Piper PA28140 (N670FL), East Granby, CT, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flew into side of a cloud obscured ridge. Was in the bradley airport traffic area without a clearance.

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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