19871015078189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28RT-201T · Logan, NM · October 15, 1987

Date
October 15, 1987 · 15:00 local
Place
Logan, NM
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2121T
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360FB
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,100 total450 in this make and model100 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.

Smoke in cockpit. Precautionary landing. Bolt through turbo charger clamp had failed due to heat corrosion.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. BOLT THROUGH TURBO CHARGER CLAMP HAD FAILED DUE TO HEAT CORROSION.