# Incident 20080109000539I: Piper PA28R200, Springdale, AR, January 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2008, 13:10 local time
- Place: Springdale, AR
- Airport: Springdale Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1764° N, 94.1192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPRINGDALE MUNI (ASG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1764&lon=-94.1192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54412, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 284 total, 16 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080109000539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1310 LOCAL ON 9 JAN 2008 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED SPRINGDALE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, SPRINGDALE ARKANSAS ENROUTE TO WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS IN HIS PIPER 28-200R (N54412). SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO INTERCEPT 090 RADIAL HE SMELLED GAS FUMES AND NOTICED SMOKE CURLING OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TOWARD HIM. HE IMMEDIATELY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND. HE STATES WHILE ATTEMPTING THE EMERGENCY LANDING HE FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AND CAME TO REST PARTIALLY OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 18 CLOSE TO THE END OF THE RWY. NO INJURIES. PROP TIPS WERE BENT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF AIRCRAFT.

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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