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.
(-23) Aircraft returned to alb due to burning smell in the cockpit. Following uneventful landing, maintenance inspected and found an overheated flap drive motor to be the cause of the smell. The aircraft system was isolated and the aircraft was repositioned to plb for repairs.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ALB DUE TO BURNING SMELL IN THE COCKPIT. FOLLOWING UNEVENTFUL LANDING, MAINTENANCE INSPECTED AND FOUND AN OVERHEATED FLAP DRIVE MOTOR TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE SMELL. THE AIRCRAFT SYSTEM WAS ISOLATED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPOSITIONED TO PLB FOR REPAIRS.