# Incident 20080120010089I: Piper PA28140, Mesa, AZ, January 20, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2008, 11:09 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5024T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5024T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080120010089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N5024T, PIPER PA-28-140, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A FIRE SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING RWY 22L, FALCON FIELD, MESA, AZ. RETURNED AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 4R AT 1109 MST. ARFF RESPONDED AND OBSERVED BURNED WIRE CASINGS BUT NO ACTUAL FIRE. THE PILOT STATED THERE WAS THE SMELL OF HOT OR BURNING WIRES BUT NO SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND NO FIRE.

## Other reports on N5024T (1)

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

- [Accident 19730428009959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730428009959A), Apr 28, 1973: Piper PA28140 (N5024T), Sturtevant, WI, Substantial damage. Stabilizer hit ck list sign 20 ft from rwy edge. Gusting to 26K.

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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