FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Colorado Spring, CO · June 11, 1980
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Dense smoke in the cockpit at FL310, climbing. Found smoke caused by a bad oil seal leaking oil to bleed air
DENSE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AT FL310, CLIMBING. FOUND SMOKE CAUSED BY A BAD OIL SEAL LEAKING OIL TO BLEED AIR