What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft was on final approach to kbos to runway 04R, pilot turned on overhead light to view landing chart. Shortly after he noticed dust particles in the air then had a smell of something burning. Pilot noticed a red flame come out of the overhead panel. Pilot went through emergency checklist, declared an emergency and aircraft was vectored to kbed as kbos had fog rolling in. Aircraft landed safely at kbed and stopped on the runway. Pilot assited passenger off the aircraft. Aircraft was towed off the runway to ramp.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO KBOS TO RUNWAY 04R, PILOT TURNED ON OVERHEAD LIGHT TO VIEW LANDING CHART. SHORTLY AFTER HE NOTICED DUST PARTICLES IN THE AIR THEN HAD A SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING. PILOT NOTICED A RED FLAME COME OUT OF THE OVERHEAD PANEL. PILOT WENT THROUGH EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND AIRCRAFT WAS VECTORED TO KBED AS KBOS HAD FOG ROLLING IN. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT KBED AND STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. PILOT ASSITED PASSENGER OFF THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY TO RAMP.
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