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 October 22, 2018, at approximately 1400 local time a Cessna aircraft model 172, call sign ?N109JT? Departed Dekalb-Peachtree Airport [pdk] for a pleasure flight. During climb out the pilot saw smoke coming from the engine compartment. Pilot turned the aircraft back around for pdk contacted the tower at pdk declared emergency for landing. In the pilot statement once he had the airport made he shut the engine off and glided onto the airport landing on the grass and rolling up onto runway 3 left.
As the FAA filed it
ON OCTOBER 22, 2018, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME A CESSNA AIRCRAFT MODEL 172, CALL SIGN ?N109JT? DEPARTED DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT [PDK] FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT. DURING CLIMB OUT THE PILOT SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PILOT TURNED THE AIRCRAFT BACK AROUND FOR PDK CONTACTED THE TOWER AT PDK DECLARED EMERGENCY FOR LANDING. IN THE PILOT STATEMENT ONCE HE HAD THE AIRPORT MADE HE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND GLIDED ONTO THE AIRPORT LANDING ON THE GRASS AND ROLLING UP ONTO RUNWAY 3 LEFT.
Other reports on N109TJ · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.