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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Hammond, NY · February 6, 1995

Date: February 6, 1995 · 14:50 local
Place: Hammond, NY
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N97471
Reported as: Cessna 172P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,000 total3,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N97471Registration cancelled Apr 10, 1995 · Cessna 172PS/N 17276195 Airframe modelCessna 172P

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft enroute from port huron, mi to bangor, ME. Pilot noted oil pressure and oil temp rising. Aircraft was at 7,000'. Pilot observed smoke in cockpit and shut engine down. Smoke disappeared. At 3,500' pilot started engine. Engine was observed to be running rough and smoke again appeared. Pilot shut engine down and executed a landing in a field near rt. 37 in Hammond, NY. Landing was successful with no injury to pilot and minimum damage to aircraft. Subsequent examination by mechanic on 02-08-95 revealed a blown out crankshaft seal, thus allowing oil to contact manifold, causing smoke to enter cockpit. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT ENROUTE FROM PORT HURON, MI TO BANGOR, ME. PILOT NOTED OIL PRESSURE AND OIL TEMP RISING. AIRCRAFT WAS AT 7,000'. PILOT OBSERVED SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND SHUT ENGINE DOWN. SMOKE DISAPPEARED. AT 3,500' PILOT STARTED ENGINE. ENGINE WAS OBSERVED TO BE RUNNING ROUGH AND SMOKE AGAIN APPEARED. PILOT SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND EXECUTED A LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR RT. 37 IN HAMMOND, NY. LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH NO INJURY TO PILOT AND MINIMUM DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION BY MECHANIC ON 02-08-95 REVEALED A BLOWN OUT CRANKSHAFT SEAL, THUS ALLOWING OIL TO CONTACT MANIFOLD, CAUSING SMOKE TO ENTER COCKPIT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.