# Incident 20110224015059I: Piper PA-24-260, Urbana, OH, February 24, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2011, 12:00 local time
- Place: Urbana, OH
- Airport: Grimes Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1324° N, 83.7541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIMES FLD (I74), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1324&lon=-83.7541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8912P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8912P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-D4A5 (registry code 41798, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-d4a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,079 total, 105 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110224015059I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATLEY 5 MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF FROM GRIMES FIELD (I74)THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT WAS ON.  HE WENT TO TURN ON THE ALTERNATOR AND HELD IT IN PLACE FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS.  AT THIS TIME THE CIRCUIT BREAKER PORTION OF THE SWITCH FLIPPED TO OFF AND HE SAW SMOKE COMING INTO THE COCKPIT.  HE THEN COORDINATED WITH ATC TO RETURN TO GRIMES FIELD.  AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS COMPLETED AT I74.

## Other reports on N8912P (1)

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

- [Incident 19900113003309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900113003309I), Jan 13, 1990: Piper PA24260 (N8912P), West Memphis, AR, Minor damage. Pilot accidentally raised landing gear instead of flaps on rollout.

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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