# Incident 20040906025939I: Piper PA32R300, Bloomington-Nor, IL, September 6, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2004, 17:30 local time
- Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
- Airport: Bloomington-Normal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9430K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9430K-2015-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 50 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040906025939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IFR AT 10000 FROM HHG TO GPH WITH PEORIA, IL ATCT PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO ODOR IN COCKPIT. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO BMI WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. PILOT REMOVED THE TOP COWLING AND FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE OR BURNING. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN UNEVENTFULLY TO KANSAS CITY, MO WHERE IT WAS RE-INSPECTED BY A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC. NO EVIDENCE OF ANY LEAKAGE OR BURNING WAS DISCOVERED BY THE MECHANIC. A FOLLOW UP CALL WAS PLACED TO MR. FIX ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2004. PER MR. FIX, NO FURTHER OCCURANCE OF THIS TYPE HAS HAPPENED.

## Other reports on N9430K (2)

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

- [Accident 20061112024309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061112024309A), Nov 12, 2006: Piper PA32R300 (N9430K), Williamsburg, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On take off from jgg runway 31 in IMC with reported winds varying from 350 to 360 degrees at 17 knots gusting to 27 knots, the aircraft climbed and…
- [Accident 19780113002939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780113002939A), Jan 13, 1978: Piper PA32R300 (N9430K), Champaign, IL, Substantial damage. Wx info obtained by tv and ATIS.truck driver aware of acft.

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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