# Incident 19960527023669I: Piper PA31350, Show Low, AZ, May 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1996, 16:00 local time
- Place: Show Low, AZ
- Airport: Show Low Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ASWA
- Location: 34.2655° N, 110.0057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHOW LOW RGNL (SOW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2655&lon=-110.0057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4501B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4501B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960527023669I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 27, 1996 AT APPROX. 1630 MST, THE PILOT OF N4501B A PIPER NAVAJO, OPERATING FOR A COMMUTER AIRLINE WITH 1 PASSENGER ON BOARD, OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE LOWER INBOARD SIDE OF THE PILOT INSTRUMENT PANEL, JUST AFTER TAKE OFF. THE PILOT RETURNED TO SHOW LOW AIRPORT AFTER TURNING ALL ELECTRICAL POWER OFF AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AN AVIONICS TECHNICIAN LATER DISCOVERED THAT A FAULTY RHEOSTAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE SMOKE AND PERMANENTLY DISABLED THE RELATED SYSTEM. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED. THIS DID NOT INVOLVE A NMAC REPORT NOR WAS THIS A PILOT DEVIATION REPORTED BY ATC.

## Other reports on N4501B (2)

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- [Incident 20150930022899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150930022899I), Sep 30, 2015: Piper PA-31-350 (N4501B), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. Pilot states that he was on a maintenance test flight for alternator repair. He headed southeast to the practice area and returned to Fairbanks airport at 1500…
- [Incident 20140927018199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140927018199I), Sep 27, 2014: Piper PA-31-350 (N4501B), Kotzebue, AK, No damage. During cruise flight, the left engine operation became erratic. As a precautionary measure, the pilot shut down, secured the engine, and landed without further…

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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