# Incident 19960625026689I: Piper PA32300, Columbia, SC, June 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1996, 13:44 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BKAA
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2351M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2351M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960625026689I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AUDIO PANEL/TRANSISTOR FAILURE CAUSED SMOKE AND FUMES. PILOT RETURNED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE-OFF AND LANDED COLUMBIA INVESTIGATION COMPLETED, BKAA WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.

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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