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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28RT201T · Niles, MI · September 27, 1991

Date
September 27, 1991 · 17:40 local
Place
Niles, MI
Airport
Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8412H
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
606 total435 in this make and model15 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. Cowling showed signs of overheat. Landed next to runway. Loose nut on fuel return tube assembly.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN CABIN. COWLING SHOWED SIGNS OF OVERHEAT. LANDED NEXT TO RUNWAY. LOOSE NUT ON FUEL RETURN TUBE ASSEMBLY.