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Incident

FAA incident report · Aerosp SA341G · Wilmington, DE · March 20, 1981

Date
March 20, 1981 · 12:40 local
Place
Wilmington, DE
Airport
Wilmington
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N266E
Reported as
Aerosp SA341G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,200 total3,000 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 made emergency landing due to smoke from overheated radio audio panel.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO SMOKE FROM OVERHEATED RADIO AUDIO PANEL.