# Incident 19990130034299I: Piper PA28R201T, Joliet, IL, January 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1999, 13:40 local time
- Place: Joliet, IL
- Airport: Joilet Park District Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5250° N, 88.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Joliet, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5250&lon=-88.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6140H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6140H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201T (registry code 7102813, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360FB
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990130034299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC MILLS DEPARTED CHICAGO DUPAGE AIRPORT (DPA), WEST CHICAGO, IL ON JANUARY 28, 1999 AT 1340 CST ON AN IFR FLIGHT TO LOUISVILLE KY.  SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE MR. MILLS NOTICED AN EMERGENCY (SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT) WITH CHICAGO ARTCC.  N6140H WAS VECTORED TO JOLIET REGIONAL AIRPORT (JOT) AND APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12.  HIS APPROACH WAS TO FAST AND TO HIGH BUT, THE COCKPIT WAS RAPIDLY FILLING WITH SMOKE AND FUMES AND MR. MILLS DECIDED TO ATTEMPT THE APPROACH.  HE FLOATED ABOUT 1/2 THE RUNWAY LENGTH PRIOR TOUCHDOWN.  THE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT A REPAIRED SECTION OF THE FIRE WALL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N6140H (1)

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

- [Incident 19841108073979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841108073979I), Nov 8, 1984: Piper PA28R201T (N6140H), Duluth, MN, Minor damage. During taxi operation lineman was struck by left wing. Lineman may have been looking elsewhere.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.