# Incident 20070715825949I: Piper PA31T, Cleveland, OH, July 15, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2007, 12:18 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Cuyahoga County
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5646° N, 81.4872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUYAHOGA COUNTY (CGF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5646&lon=-81.4872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N650RS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070715825949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 15, 2007, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN FAA CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT (PIC), REPORTED SUSTAINED SMOKE/FUMES IN THE COCKPIT OF N650RS, A PIPER MODEL PA-31T DURING CLIMB AFTER DEPARTING CGF ENROUTE TO LEB. THIS EVENT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER THE CABIN HEATER WAS TURNED ON. THE PIC DEACTIVATED THE ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE HEATER, AND RETURNED TO CGF WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WHEN ON THE GROUND, EVIDENCE OF LEAKING FUEL WAS OBSERVED BY THE PIC, IN THE NOSE AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHICH IS THE LOCATION OF THE HEATER. THE AIRCRAFT CABIN HEATER WAS REPLACED THE WEEK PRIOR, AND SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS AFTER THE HEATER REPLACEMENT WERE UNEVENTFUL. THE SUSPECTED DEFECTIVE HEATER (SERIAL NUMBER 1386725) AND INITIAL INVESTIGATION BY THE FACILITY THAT INSTALLED IT REVEALED SIGNS OF FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE AREA OF THE FLANGE OF THE COMBUSTION HEAD (PIPER P/N 763-299), WHERE THE FUEL FEED, NOZZLE HOLDER AND SOLENOID VALVE ASSEMBLY (PIPER P/N 754-866) ATTACHES. THE DEFECTIVE HEATER ASSY WAS SENT TO THE FACILITY THAT PERFORMED THE RECENT OVERHAUL (AIRCRAFT HEATING AND ELECTRICAL INC., CRS XX2R) FOR TESTING AND EVALUATION, WHICH WILL BE WITNESSED BY FAA PERSONNEL.

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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