# Incident 19800611054209I: Lear 35A, Colorado Spring, CO, June 11, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1980, 11:45 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N263GL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TFE73122B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800611054209I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DENSE SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AT FL310, CLIMBING. FOUND SMOKE CAUSED BY A BAD OIL SEAL LEAKING OIL TO BLEED AIR

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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