# Incident 20010829024099I: Piper PA32RT300T, Alabaster, AL, August 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2001, 07:45 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N716SB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N716SB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 250 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/20010829024099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BIRMINGHAM IFR FOR MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, AND CLIMBED TO 5,000 FEET. WHEN THE PILOT LEVELED AT 5,000 FEET, THE PILOT NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE SMELT SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND ASKED FOR THE NEAREST AIRPORT. ATC VECTORED THE AIRCRAFT TO SHELBY CO. AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT. UPON EXAMINATION, THE EXHUST MANIFOLD FROM THE TUBOCHARGER, WHICH IS HELD ON BY A V CLAMP, WAS SEPARATED FROM THE TURBOCHARGER, CAUSING HOT EXHAUST GASES TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE ENGINE COWLING. THIS CAUSED SOME INTRODUCTION OF FUMES INTO THE CABIN. LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION AND LAST MAINTENANCE ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN MARCH 2001. REVIEWED MAINTENANCE LOGS AND AD'S ON THE AIRCRAFT. ABOUT 30 OR MORE HOURS ON THE AIRCRAFT SINCE THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION.

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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