# Incident 19940313000889I: Piper PA28161, Middletown, PA, March 13, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1994, 19:00 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SKNS
- Location: 40.2009° N, 76.7292° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Middletown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2009&lon=-76.7292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4374B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 700 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940313000889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 13, 1994, N4374B, DEPARTED BVI (BEAVER FALLS) AT 1500 FOR ROUND ROBIN INSTRUMENT TRAINING FLIGHT TO PHL AND RETURN. THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER FAR 141. A TOTAL OF THREE PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. THE FLIGHT LANDED AT PHL AT 1700 AND WAS FUELED (TOP OFF) AND THEN DEPARTED FOR BVI AT 1800. THE AIRCRAFT LEVELED OFF AT 6000 FEET AND WAS LEVEL FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/2 HOUR WHEN THE PIC NOTICED A BURNING TYPE ODOR AND CONFIRMED A SMOKE CONDITION WITH A FLASH LIGHT. THE PIC ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT MDT. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED BY A STAMBAUGH AVIATION MECHANIC AND NO EVIDENCE OF A SMOKE CONDITION COULD BE FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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