# Incident 19960125002029I: Piper PA44180, Pittsburgh, PA, January 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1996, 16:30 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2241M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2241M-1998-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 686 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960125002029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 28 AND WHITE SMOKE WAS NOTICED STREAMING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE DURING THE CLIMB. THE PILOT SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED THE ENGINE, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND RETURNED FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N2241M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19850119002379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850119002379I), Jan 19, 1985: Piper PA44180 (N2241M), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Gear up landing. Pilot heard gear warning horn too late to execute go around.

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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