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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · South Bend, IN · September 12, 1991

Date
September 12, 1991 · 08:40 local
Place
South Bend, IN
Airport
Michiana Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N42ND
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total450 in this make and model150 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 cockpit from instrument panel on takeoff roll. Aborted. Found a faulty vent blower motor.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED. FOUND A FAULTY VENT BLOWER MOTOR.