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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-18A-135 · Anchorage, AK · April 5, 1989

Date
April 5, 1989 · 21:00 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Lake Hood Strip Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2589A
Reported as
Piper PA18A135
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
380 total250 in this make and model40 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 cabin on local flight. Returned. Found oil on exhaust. No damage to aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN CABIN ON LOCAL FLIGHT. RETURNED. FOUND OIL ON EXHAUST. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.