# Incident 19950206004039I: Cessna 172P, Hammond, NY, February 6, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1995, 14:50 local time
- Place: Hammond, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4464° N, 75.6935° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammond, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4464&lon=-75.6935&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97471, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97471-1995-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950206004039I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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