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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31T · Reno, NV · May 19, 1995

Date
May 19, 1995 · 20:45 local
Place
Reno, NV
Airport
Reno Cannon International Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7WS
Reported as
Piper PA31T
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,796 total368 in this make and model11 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.

Electrical fire and smoke on climbout. Fire smoke ceased. Returned to rno. Normal landing.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL FIRE AND SMOKE ON CLIMBOUT. FIRE SMOKE CEASED. RETURNED TO RNO. NORMAL LANDING.