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Incident

FAA incident report · Enstrm F-28A · Chicago, IL · April 6, 1984

Date
April 6, 1984 · 07:50 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Meigs
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N501EH
Reported as
Enstrm F28A
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360C1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total50 in this make and model50 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.

Fire and smoke in cabin on a traffic survey. Landed and fire put out. Crank case cracked. Oil on hot exhaust.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE AND SMOKE IN CABIN ON A TRAFFIC SURVEY. LANDED AND FIRE PUT OUT. CRANK CASE CRACKED. OIL ON HOT EXHAUST.