# Incident 20110322008059I: Piaggio Aero Industries Spa P180, Kansas City, KS, March 22, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2011, 11:12 local time
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.1142° N, 94.6275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1142&lon=-94.6275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N175SL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N175SL-2022-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piaggio Aero Industries P180 (registry code 6960206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piaggio-aero-industries-p180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66B (registry code 52287, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-66b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIAGGIO AERO INDUSTRIES SPA P180
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-66B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,770 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110322008059I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 22, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:12 A.M., A PIAGGIO P-180, N175SL, S/N 1147, OPERATED BY AVANTAIR, INC. PART 135 # V2JA078L, REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND RETURNED AND LANDED AT MKC.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.