# Incident 19980519019569I: Piper PA31, Rochester, NY, May 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1998, 20:31 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65TT-2015-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-A2C (registry code 41971, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-a2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980519019569I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20000601032719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000601032719I), Jun 1, 2000: Piper PA31 (N65TT), Rochester, NY. (-23)On June 1, 2000, at 1830 EST, a Piper aircraft, PA-31-350, s/n 31-7612078, N65TT, experienced fumes in the cockpit while inbound to Rochester, NY airport…

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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