# Incident 19980328010029I: Piper PA23160, Lamar, MO, March 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1998, 22:55 local time
- Place: Lamar, MO
- Airport: Lamar Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4860° N, 94.3120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAMAR MUNI (LLU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4860&lon=-94.3120&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5272A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5272A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-160 (registry code 7102304, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 160 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980328010029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS AT 4000' EN-ROUTE FROM SPRINGFIELD, MO. TO WICHITA, KS WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN LAMAR, MO WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AT THE TIME OF LANDING THE SMOKE HAD CLEARED AND THE PILOT NOTICED THE NAV/INST LIGHT CB POPPED. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE INSULATION ON THE WIRE GOING TO THE NAV/INST LIGHTING RHEOSTAT IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BURNT. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS FOUND. THE NAV/INST LIGHTING SYSTEM WAS DEACTIVATED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO ICT PER 14 CFR 91.123 (D)(4), WHERE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS COULD BE MADE. IN ICT, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPLACED DEFECTIVE RHEOSTAT AND REPAIRED DAMAGED WIRES. THE MECHANIC WILL BE REPORTING THE DEFECT ON MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT, FAA FORM 8010-4. THIS INCIDENT, #CE98IGA0046 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5272A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940929032199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940929032199A), Sep 29, 1994: Piper PA23160 (N5272A), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Substantial damage. Lost left engine during descent. Feathered same. Failed use manual gear extension. Nose folded. Fuel selector failed (-23) fuel selector rivits, mounting the…

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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