# Incident 20120903024419I: Piper PA-31-350, Vineyard Haven, MA, September 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2012, 20:15 local time
- Place: Vineyard Haven, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: L87A
- Location: 41.4572° N, 70.6075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vineyard Haven, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4572&lon=-70.6075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N135TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N135TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31-350
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120903024419I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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