# Incident 19910614038589I: Piper PA28140, Pembroke Pines, FL, June 14, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1991, 17:55 local time
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0031° N, 80.2239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pembroke Pines, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0031&lon=-80.2239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15879, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15879-1991-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910614038589I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE AND FLAMES FROM BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL. PILOT LANDED IN FIELD. DOWNGRADED TO INCIDENT BY NTSB.

## Other reports on N15879 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780128003889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780128003889I), Jan 28, 1978: Piper PA28140 (N15879), Simsbury, CT, Minor damage. Aircraft hit icy spot on side of runway and swerved and hit snowbank.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.