39.3257° N, 76.4138° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at MARTIN STATE (MTN), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 7, 1987 · 10:00 local
Place
Baltimore, MD
Airport
Martin State
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N601EH
Reported as
Piper PA60601P
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540S1A5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total35 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.
Smoke in cockpit. Returned. Heater operating normally. Departed again. Smoke again. Right turbo charger defective.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN COCKPIT. RETURNED. HEATER OPERATING NORMALLY. DEPARTED AGAIN. SMOKE AGAIN. RIGHT TURBO CHARGER DEFECTIVE.