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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Vineyard Haven, MA · September 3, 2012

Date
September 3, 2012 · 20:15 local
Place
Vineyard Haven, MA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
L87A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N135TW
Reported as
Piper PA-31-350
Reported engine
Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot and passengers noticed acrid smell in aircraft immediately after climb & level off after departing kack. Pilot stated it smelled of electrical burning and declared an emergency and diverted to kmvy. Upon landing and shutdown the smell ceased. Passengers brought to terminal and another aircraft continued flight.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT AND PASSENGERS NOTICED ACRID SMELL IN AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY AFTER CLIMB & LEVEL OFF AFTER DEPARTING KACK. PILOT STATED IT SMELLED OF ELECTRICAL BURNING AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KMVY. UPON LANDING AND SHUTDOWN THE SMELL CEASED. PASSENGERS BROUGHT TO TERMINAL AND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FLIGHT.