What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On February 21, 2011, aircraft departed Albany new york (alb) enroute to newark new jersey (ewr). While in the climb phase of flight, crew noticed smoke emiting from the left-hand windscreen at electrical terminal block. Windscreen was deactivated by crew, smoke then dissipated. Crew then declared an emgenancy and returned to alb without further incident. Maintenance found loose ground wire connection and secured.
As the FAA filed it
ON FEBRUARY 21, 2011, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ALBANY NEW YORK (ALB) ENROUTE TO NEWARK NEW JERSEY (EWR). WHILE IN THE CLIMB PHASE OF FLIGHT, CREW NOTICED SMOKE EMITING FROM THE LEFT-HAND WINDSCREEN AT ELECTRICAL TERMINAL BLOCK.WINDSCREEN WAS DEACTIVATED BY CREW, SMOKE THEN DISSIPATED. CREW THEN DECLARED AN EMGENANCY AND RETURNED TO ALB WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.MAINTENANCE FOUND LOOSE GROUND WIRE CONNECTION AND SECURED.