# Incident 19940525025299I: Piper PA31350, Fulton, NY, May 25, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1994, 15:00 local time
- Place: Fulton, NY
- Airport: Oswego County
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3508° N, 76.3881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OSWEGO COUNTY (FZY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3508&lon=-76.3881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940525025299I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE IN COCKPIT DURING 135 CHECK RIDE. DIVERTED TO FULTON. FAILED ELECTRIC DIRECTIONAL GYRO ON COPILOT PANEL.

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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