# Incident 19880717035969I: Piper PA28140, Oklahoma City, OK, July 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1988, 07:16 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Tinker Air Force Base
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4147° N, 97.3866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TINKER AFB (TIK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4147&lon=-97.3866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98304, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98304-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880717035969I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT AFTER DEPARTURE. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT TINKER AFB. NO DETAILS GIVEN.

## Other reports on N98304 (2)

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

- [Accident 20210816020419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210816020419A), Aug 16, 2021: Piper PA-28-140 (N98304), Orlando, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft was diverting rain storms, trying to get to orl for fuel as they were getting "low". The pilot in l/h seat moved fuel selector and the engine stopped.…
- [Incident 20200304001539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200304001539I), Mar 4, 2020: Piper PA-28-140 (N98304), Pembroke Pines, FL, Minor damage. N98304 was landing runway 19L at hwo. Upon touchdown, the aircraft exited the runway into the grass.

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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