# Incident 20010313007749I: Lear 31A, Morristown, NJ, March 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2001, 18:15 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70AE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 31A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010313007749I

## Narrative

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

(-23)N70AE A LEAR 31 DEPARTED TETERBORO FOR HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND. PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT, AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO MMU AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  CREW AND PASSENGER EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE AIRPORT.  CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA ^ REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE GLARE SHIELD BY THE WINDSHIELD.  A SHORT WAS FOUND IN THE OVERLAY LIGHTING PANEL.  REPLACED PANEL.  OPS CHECKED OK.

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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