# Incident 19971007033469I: Piper PA28R201T, Nogales, AZ, October 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Nogales, AZ
- Airport: Nogales Int'L Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4177° N, 110.8479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NOGALES INTL (OLS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4177&lon=-110.8479&mi=10
- Aircraft: XBEGL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971007033469I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DEPARTED TUCSON, AZ TO OBREGON, MEXICO. AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE, THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY WAS NOT SECURE AND STRUCK THE AIRFRAME AND CONTROL CABLES CAUSING ARCHING. A FIRE STARTED AND THE PILOT LANDED AT NOGALES, AZ AIRPORT. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY GROUND CREW. THE FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND REMOVED THE BATTERY. THE DAMAGE IS MINOR WITH BURNED WIRING AND A CARGO DOOR PANEL. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS SEEN.

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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