# Incident 19900430026639I: Piper PA31T2, Port Huron, MI, April 30, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1990, 05:30 local time
- Place: Port Huron, MI
- Airport: St Clair County International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9110° N, 82.5288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST CLAIR COUNTY INTL (PHN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9110&lon=-82.5288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N630MW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N630MW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T2 (registry code 7103127, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T2
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A135
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,860 total, 241 in this make and model, 199 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900430026639I

## Narrative

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

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

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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