# Incident 19891102058559I: Piper PA31350, Huntington, WV, November 2, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1989, 04:50 local time
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri State - Walker-Long Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AMYA
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3588Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3588Z-2005-05-10) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,131 total, 101 in this make and model, 253 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891102058559I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL. TURNED OFF AUTO PILOT AND HEATER. LOOSE ALTERNATOR CABLE CAUSED SENSING UNIT TO FAIL.

## Other reports on N3588Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19950508010809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950508010809A), May 8, 1995: Piper PA31350 (N3588Z), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage. Departing remote strip gear hit snow berm. Continued to dlg and landed gear up. Runway soft upslope and too short.
- [Accident 19930526019839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930526019839A), May 26, 1993: Piper PA31350 (N3588Z), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. Right main landing gear collapsed landing. Fatigue cracks from salt water spray and repetive over stress landings.

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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