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Date
June 5, 1979 · 15:20 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Dulles
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N378NH
Reported as
Cessna T310R
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520BB
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total300 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 smoke from left nacelle. Oil separator was leaking from a previous patch
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO SMOKE FROM LEFT NACELLE. OIL SEPARATOR WAS LEAKING FROM A PREVIOUS PATCH