# Incident 20071224831859I: Piper PA32R301T, Destin, FL, December 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2007, 07:30 local time
- Place: Destin, FL
- Airport: Destin-Fort Walton Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4000° N, 86.4714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4000&lon=-86.4714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8158B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8158B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 26 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08IA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08IA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071224831859I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DEC 24, 2007, AT 0730 CST LOCAL, A PIPER PA-32RG, N8158B, DEPARTED PENSACOLA, FL (PNS) AND WAS PASSING THROUGH 10,0000'. PILOT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE AND SOME SMOKE IN COCKPIT. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY, PULLED ENGINE THROTTLE TO IDLE AND PROCEEDED TO NEAREST AIRPORT WHICH WAS DESTIN, FL (DTS). AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC08IA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08IA069), Dec 24, 2007: Piper PA-32R (N8158B), Destin, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An in-flight fire due to a fractured fuel injector line as a result of an unauthorized repair to the line.

## Other reports on N8158B (2)

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

- [Incident 20211223021339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211223021339I), Dec 23, 2021: Piper PA-32R-301T (N8158B), Granbury, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft being flown for rebuilt engine breakin. Flight normal. On gear down faint smell of smoke in cabin. On rollout to turnoff started to see smoke from…
- [Incident 19850220008489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850220008489I), Feb 20, 1985: Piper PA32R301T (N8158B), Santa Fe, NM, Minor damage. Pilot was reading a map while taxiing. Left taxiway and nose gear collapsed in soft dirt.

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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