# Incident 20020418005699I: Piper PA28R201, Phoenix, AZ, April 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2002, 09:42 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Williams Gateway Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: OG5S
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N175ND, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N175ND-2002-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020418005699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF THE FLIGHT. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS.  DURING THE POST INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RNAV (KNS80) FAILED DURING FLIGHT.  SOME TYPE OF COMPONENT FAILURE INTERNAL TO THE KNS80 CAUSED THE SMOKE AND ELECTRICAL ODOR IN THE COCKPIT.  NO FIRE OCCURRED.  AN INSPECTION BY MX PERSONNEL COULD NOT FIND ANY OTHER DAMAGE INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE KNS80 WILL BE SENT TO A CERTIFIED REPAIR STATION FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPAIR.

## Other reports on N175ND (2)

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

- [Incident 19991116038769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991116038769I), Nov 16, 1999: Piper PA28R201 (N175ND), Crafton, ND, Minor damage. On 11/16/99 at 1345 CST, a PA-28R-201, N175ND owned by the university of norht dakota and flown by miles jacobson landed gear-up at the Grafton, ND airport.…
- [Incident 19990130015429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990130015429I), Jan 30, 1999: Piper PA28R201 (N175ND), Jamestown, ND. (-5) On 01/30/99 at approximately 12:55 CST, a PA-28R-201, N175ND, owned by the university of north dakota and flown by cheng-hsien lian made an emergency…

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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