64.7409° N, 156.8769° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Galena, AK, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 29, 1988 · 16:00 local
Place
Galena, AK
Airport
Galena
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N35249
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total2,000 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Fumes or smoke in cockpit. Diverted and landed. Unable to duplicate problem.
As the FAA filed it
FUMES OR SMOKE IN COCKPIT. DIVERTED AND LANDED. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM.