# Incident 19890802046049I: Piper PA31350, Fresno, CA, August 2, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1989, 06:05 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3518M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3518M-2017-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,850 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890802046049I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN CABIN WHEN HEATER TURNED ON WHILE TAXIING. TAXIED BACK. FOUND HEATER GROUND BLOWER MOTOR INOPERATIVE.

## Other reports on N3518M (1)

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

- [Incident 19940715031729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940715031729I), Jul 15, 1994: Piper PA31350 (N3518M), Fresno, CA. On maintenance test flight to check gear door problem. Left gear unsafe light. Shutdown left engine. Landed normal.

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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