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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Peoria, IL · February 16, 2008

Date: February 16, 2008 · 14:28 local
Place: Peoria, IL
Airport: Greater Peoria Regional
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N6321Y
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,325 total635 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N6321YRegistered now · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-3578 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Incident no. privacy data omitted. After takeoff in Peoria, IL on runway 22, raised gear and smelled strong odor of burning rubber. Pilot declared emergency and was cleared to land on any runway. Pilot shut off combustion heater and landed runway 31 without incident. After combustion heater was shutoff, the odor dissipated.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INCIDENT NO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AFTER TAKEOFF IN PEORIA, IL ON RUNWAY 22, RAISED GEAR AND SMELLED STRONG ODOR OF BURNING RUBBER. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON ANY RUNWAY. PILOT SHUT OFF COMBUSTION HEATER AND LANDED RUNWAY 31 WITHOUT INCIDENT. AFTER COMBUSTION HEATER WAS SHUTOFF, THE ODOR DISSIPATED.

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