# Incident 20010930025939I: Piper PA31T, Bar Harbor, ME, September 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2001, 18:10 local time
- Place: Bar Harbor, ME
- Airport: Hancock County-Bar Harbor
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FRKA
- Location: 44.4497° N, 68.3615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANCOCK COUNTY/BAR HARBOR (BHB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4497&lon=-68.3615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N109TT-2004-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,909 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010930025939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED SMOKE IN COCKPIT DURING CLIMB OUT FROM BHB AT 5000 FT. THE PILOT NOTICED A SLIGHT ODOR AND CONTINUED TO CLIMB. AT APPROXIMATELY 65OO FT. THE PILOT TURNED HIS HEAD TO THE REAR AND NOTICED A HAZE IN CABIN. F/O OBTAINED CLEARANCE BACK TO BHB AND A RAPID DESCENT WAS MADE BACK TO BHB. LEVEL OF ODOR DIMINISHED WITH THE THROTTLE REDUCTION. LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT. SOURCE OF SMOKE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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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