# Incident 20080814850029I: Piper PA28140, Montgomery, NY, August 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2008, 10:00 local time
- Place: Montgomery, NY
- Airport: Orange County
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5118° N, 74.2635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (MGJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5118&lon=-74.2635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98299, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98299-2019-04-17) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 100 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080814850029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SUBJECT AIRMAN STATED THAT FOLLOWING A ROUTINE TOUCH AND GO FROM RWY 03 AT KMGJ, HE NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.  AS HE TURNED CROSSWIND THE SMOKE INCREASED.  AT THIS TIME HE DECIDED TO REVERSE COURSE AND MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RWY 21.  HE ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS ON KMGJ UNICOM AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRMAN STATED THAT THE SMOKE WAS CONTINUALLY INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.  HE LANDED SOMEWHAT LONG AND FAST AND AGGRESSIVELY APPLIED THE BRAKES, BLOWING BOTH MAIN TIRES.  THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE.  POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE NR 2 NAV/COM RADIO HAD SUFFERED AN INTERNAL FAILURE CAUSING IT TO EMIT SMOKE.

## Other reports on N98299 (2)

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

- [Accident 20171105018269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171105018269A), Nov 5, 2017: Piper PA-28-140 (N98299), Batavia, OH, Substantial damage. The pilot of N98299, a PA-28-140, was attempting to land at clermont county airport (I69) in Batavia, OH. His first attempt to land resulted in a go-a-round.…
- [Accident 19730814026549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730814026549A), Aug 14, 1973: Piper PA28140 (N98299), Ocracoke, NC, Substantial damage. Enctrd strong vert currents as large sand dunes were clrd.

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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