# Incident 19981125040479I: Piper PA32300, Fairbanks, AK, November 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1998, 15:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5242S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5242S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981125040479I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 25, 1998, AT 1500 LOCAL TIME, N5242S PILOTED BY MR. DALE ERICKSON, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT FAIRBANKS INT'L AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. FAIRBANKS EMERGENCY CREWS WERE DISPATCHED AT 1503. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT A COIL ON THE BACK SIDE OF ONE OF THE FUEL GUAGES HAD BURNED UP AND STARTED SMOKING. WHEN MR. ERICKSON SHUT OFF HIS MASTER SWITCH THE SMOKE STOPPED.

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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