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.
On 1/8/2011, the pilot of a mitzubishi MU2, N3MA, departed Salina, KS airport (sln) and shortly after takeoff, at 2052Z, contacted the (sln) tower and reported smoke in the cockpit. The aircraft returned to the airport (sln) and made an emergency landing with no incident and taxied to an FBO (america jet).
As the FAA filed it
ON 1/8/2011, THE PILOT OF A MITZUBISHI MU2, N3MA, DEPARTED SALINA, KS AIRPORT (SLN) AND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, AT 2052Z, CONTACTED THE (SLN) TOWER AND REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT (SLN) AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING WITH NO INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO AN FBO (AMERICA JET).