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Incident

FAA incident report · Univar 415-C · Howard City, MI · December 6, 1978

Date
December 6, 1978 · 11:55 local
Place
Howard City, MI
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3619H
Reported as
Univar 415C
Reported engine
Continental C8512
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total400 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.

White smoke from engine compartment due to oil leaking from generator seal onto hot exhaust system.

As the FAA filed it

WHITE SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO OIL LEAKING FROM GENERATOR SEAL ONTO HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM.