# Incident 19960824036079I: Piper PA24180, Bend, OR, August 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1996, 09:30 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Bend Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0946° N, 121.2002° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEND MUNI (BDN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0946&lon=-121.2002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76565 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960824036079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT ON 8-24-96, THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED NORMAL FROM PREFLIGHT RUNUP THROUGH HIS DEPARTURE FROM BEND, AT 0910AM. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES LATER ON DSD RADIAL 090 AT 36 NM THE AMPERAGE METER WENT TO FULL POSITIVE. TWO TO THREE SECONDS LATER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BEGAN TO BURN. THE CABIN BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE AND FUME AND THE PILOT REVERSED COURSE BACK TO BEND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT BEND 0930AM. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION SHOWED A LOOSE CONNECTION AT THE GROUND WIRE TERMINAL CAUSING A POSSIBLE OVERLOAD CONDITION TO OCCUR THROUGH THE REVERSE CURRENT RELAY AND AN OVER VOLTAGE CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT'S GENERATOR OUTPUT. THIS OVER VOLTAGE WAS SUPPLIED TO THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENT CIRCUITS RESULTING IN OVERHEATING OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND SURROUNDING AVIONICS EQUIPMENT. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

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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