# Incident 19870901068199I: Piper PA28180, Charleston, WV, September 1, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1987, 17:53 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4248T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4248T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 182 total, 8 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870901068199I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED SAFELY. PILOT HAD PREVIOUSLY SPILLED CLEANING FLUID ON RADIOS.

## Other reports on N4248T (1)

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

- [Incident 20190521004969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190521004969I), May 21, 2019: Piper PA-28-180 (N4248T), Miramar, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft made an emergency landing on hwy 27 due to engine failure. Aircraft was inspect by tong aviation at ft lauderdale executive airport and was found to…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.