41.3249° N, 72.0669° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Groton, CT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 28, 1979 · 15:47 local
Place
Groton, CT
Airport
Trumbull
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RAN
Aircraft
N26215
Reported as
Aerosp 262ANORD
People aboard
121
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.
Flight returned due to electrical smoke. Found to be from C-14 compass
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO ELECTRICAL SMOKE. FOUND TO BE FROM C-14 COMPASS