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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 35-C33 · Las Vegas, NV · November 6, 1978

Date: November 6, 1978 · 11:45 local
Place: Las Vegas, NV
Airport: Mccarran International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9403S
Reported as: Beech 35C33
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 550 total50 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9403SRegistered now · Beech 35-C33S/N CD-993 · Built 1966 Airframe modelBeech 35-C33 Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Flight returned due to smoke in cockpit. Found muffler tube separated.

As the FAA filed it

FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT. FOUND MUFFLER TUBE SEPARATED.