# Incident 20090907017599I: Piper PA32RT300T, Alamosa, CO, September 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Alamosa, CO
- Airport: San Luis Valley Regional/Bergman F
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4351° N, 105.8679° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN LUIS VALLEY RGNL/BERGMAN FLD (ALS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4351&lon=-105.8679&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3029L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3029L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 250 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090907017599I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  SUBJECT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ALAMOSA, CO (ALS).  PILOT SMELLED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT DURING CLIMBOUT.  PILOT OBSERVED HAZE INSIDE CABIN.  PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO ALAMOSA AIRPORT AND LAND.  UPON TAXI BACK PILOT OBSERVED SMOKE BILLOWING FROM UNDER ENGINE COWLING.  PILOT DISEMBARKED FROM AIRPLANE AND HAILED A LINE ATTENDANT AND ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE.  LINE ATTENDANT GRABBED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND RAN TO THE AIRPLANE WHILE PILOT REMOVED PERAONAL ITEMS FROM AIRPLANE.  FLAMES WERE NOT OBSERVED BUT LOTS OF SMOKE.  FAA AND NTSB WERE CONTACTED BY PILOT.

## Other reports on N3029L (2)

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

- [Incident 20000514027529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000514027529I), May 14, 2000: Piper PA32RT300T (N3029L), Cincinnati, OH, Substantial damage. (-23)Pilot states that as he attempted to lower the gear for landing, the circuit breaker popped, he attempted to reset the breaker with negitive results. He…
- [Incident 19801130083579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801130083579I), Nov 30, 1980: Piper PA32RT300 (N3029L), Del Rio, TX, Minor damage. Ran off end of runway after attempting takeoff with park brake partially set.

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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