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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31T2 · Port Huron, MI · April 30, 1990

Date
April 30, 1990 · 05:30 local
Place
Port Huron, MI
Airport
St Clair County International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N630MW
Reported as
Piper PA31T2
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A135
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,860 total241 in this make and model199 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.

Smoke in cabin. Emergency landing. Cabin blower motor had excessive play in armature shaft.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN CABIN. EMERGENCY LANDING. CABIN BLOWER MOTOR HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY IN ARMATURE SHAFT.