# Incident 20080125847669I: Piper PA31T, Caro, MI, January 25, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2008, 09:30 local time
- Place: Caro, MI
- Airport: Tuscola Area
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4589° N, 83.4454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUSCOLA AREA (CFS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4589&lon=-83.4454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N411DL-2017-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31T (registry code 7103124, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31T
- Reported engine: PWA PT6*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080125847669I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC OBSERVED MASTER CAUTION LIGHT ILLUMINATE WHILE IN CRUISE AT 12,500' BETWEEN CFS AND FNT, FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL CIRCUIT BREAKERS TRIPPING, SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT, AND AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE.  PIC RETURNED TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.  ELECTRICAL FIRE STARTED IN AREA OF GENERATOR OVERVOLTAGE RELAYS.  FIRE BURNED THROUGH RELAY COVERS AND NUMEROUS WIRES WERE DAMAGED/MELTED.

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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