# Incident 20020425008069I: Piper PA32R300, Marietta, GA, April 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2002, 23:30 local time
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mccollum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0132° N, 84.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COBB COUNTY INTL/MCCOLLUM FLD (RYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0132&lon=-84.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8002F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 120 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020425008069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED HE SMELLED BURNT WIRING, AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM BETWEEN THE TRANSPONDER AND ADF. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND DURING ROLLOUT HEARD A LOUD POP NOISE AT WHICH TIME HE TURNED THE AVIONIC MASTER, MASTER SWITCH AND ALL OTHER SWITCHES ON THE SIDE PANEL TO THE OFF POSITION. THE PILOT REPORTED AFTER HE TURNED ON THE TAXIWAY HE SEEN FLAMES FROM UNDER AND BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND RAN FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHICH HE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE INSTRUMENT LIGHT DIMMER ASSEMBLY IS WHERE THE SMOKE AND THE FLAMES ORIGINATED. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THAN THE ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION.

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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