42.1874° N, 71.1960° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Norwood, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 29, 1979 · 15:45 local
Place
Norwood, MA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N213HM
Reported as
Piper 601PSMITH
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,200 total130 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 landed due to smoke in cockpit. Found failed turbocharger
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED DUE TO SMOKE IN COCKPIT. FOUND FAILED TURBOCHARGER