What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Landed after smelling smoke. Cause of smoke was the DME.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED AFTER SMELLING SMOKE. CAUSE OF SMOKE WAS THE DME.
FAA incident report · Piper PA31350 · Lafayette, IN · January 1, 1978
- Date
- January 1, 1978 · 10:20 local
- Place
- Lafayette, IN
- Airport
- Purdue
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft
- N27196
- Reported as
- Piper PA31350
- Fatal injuries
- 0
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 2,700 total75 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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.