# Incident 19970429013279I: Piper PA30, Carlisle, PA, April 29, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1997, 09:20 local time
- Place: Carlisle, PA
- Airport: Carlisle Airport
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1879° N, 77.1743° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CARLISLE (N94), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1879&lon=-77.1743&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7754Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7754Y-2007-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970429013279I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT ABOUT 0845 LOCAL, CRUISING AT 8000 FEET, MR. RONALD GIROUX, PIC NOTICED THE SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING. HE TOOK OFF HIS SUNGLASSES AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. MR. RONALD GIROUX ALERTED THE NY ATC CENTER THAT HE WAS TURNING OFF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND RETURNING TO CARLISLE, N94. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, AND WAS MET BY FIRE TRUCKS. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE WAS FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE INSPECTED TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE SMOKE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED 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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