# Incident 19880706037249I: Piper PA28R201T, Ft Lauderdale, FL, July 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1988, 10:38 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8385A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8385A-1988-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880706037249I

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT. FOUND PISTON IN NR3 CYLINDER HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N8385A (1)

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

- [Incident 19860224013559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860224013559I), Feb 24, 1986: Piper PA28R201T (N8385A), Jacksonville, FL. Pilot did not follow ATC instructions on entry to pattern. Reported on right base when in fact he was on left base.

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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