38.8951° N, 77.0364° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 12, 1978
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Natl
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4252X
Reported as
Swrngn SA26AT
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot reported smoke coming in the cockpit during approach. Landed safely. Blower motor had burned out.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT REPORTED SMOKE COMING IN THE COCKPIT DURING APPROACH. LANDED SAFELY. BLOWER MOTOR HAD BURNED OUT.