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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31 · Rochester, NY · May 19, 1998

Date
May 19, 1998 · 20:31 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Greater Rochester Internationa
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N65TT
Reported as
Piper PA31
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke from under panel on approach turned off master. Smoke stopped. Used had com. Panel dimmer switch shorted.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE FROM UNDER PANEL ON APPROACH TURNED OFF MASTER. SMOKE STOPPED. USED HAD COM. PANEL DIMMER SWITCH SHORTED.

Other reports on N65TT · 1

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