What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: as pilot made practice vora approach at Roswell, NM the tower reported seeing smoke coming from the engine. The engine was running rough, the pilot declared an emergency at 500' AGL and the tower told them to use a parallel taxiway (b) if they wanted to expedite. Landed without incident. Mechanic said carb. Too rich and overloaded. Pilot followed POH (pump on/mixture rich) but carburetor overloaded - too rich. No error identified. Tower expedited landing - pilot declared emergency and landed as a precautionary, parallel to runway 21.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AS PILOT MADE PRACTICE VORA APPROACH AT ROSWELL, NM THE TOWER REPORTED SEEING SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AT 500' AGL AND THE TOWER TOLD THEM TO USE A PARALLEL TAXIWAY (B) IF THEY WANTED TO EXPEDITE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MECHANIC SAID CARB. TOO RICH AND OVERLOADED. PILOT FOLLOWED POH (PUMP ON/MIXTURE RICH) BUT CARBURETOR OVERLOADED - TOO RICH. NO ERROR IDENTIFIED. TOWER EXPEDITED LANDING - PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND LANDED AS A PRECAUTIONARY, PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 21.
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