# Incident 20090816025389I: Piper PA-32-260, Nantucket, MA, August 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2009, 18:20 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N260BB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N260BB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090816025389I

## Narrative

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

REPORTED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON TAKEOFF ROLL FROM ACK RWY 24 LANDED BACK ON SAME RWY EXITED TO RAMP AND SHUT OFF MASTER SWITCH AND FIRE STOPPED,

## Other reports on N260BB (1)

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

- [Accident 19820312004709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820312004709A), Mar 12, 1982: Piper PA32260 (N260BB), Syracuse, NY, Substantial damage. Engine quit on ILS approach. Fuel selector on empty tank. Other fuel on board. Weather below landing minimum.

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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