19951222046569I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Rochester, NY · December 22, 1995

Date: December 22, 1995 · 13:40 local
Place: Rochester, NY
Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N738UD
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 545 total125 in this make and model

N738UDRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17270240 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: during a touch and go, the pilot experienced visible smoke and fumes in the cockpit. Tower was notified and an immediate uneventful landing was made. Pilot at first refused to show license and medical to deputies. Later relented. Pilot attitude was uncooperative and combative. Found #1 and #2 cylinder rocker box drain back tubes leaking oil on heater muff. Cleaned muff and tightened tubes. M & d filed. Ground run and flight test was satisfactory. FAA operations notified about uncooperative attitude. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING A TOUCH AND GO, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED VISIBLE SMOKE AND FUMES IN THE COCKPIT. TOWER WAS NOTIFIED AND AN IMMEDIATE UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. PILOT AT FIRST REFUSED TO SHOW LICENSE AND MEDICAL TO DEPUTIES. LATER RELENTED. PILOT ATTITUDE WAS UNCOOPERATIVE AND COMBATIVE. FOUND #1 AND #2 CYLINDER ROCKER BOX DRAIN BACK TUBES LEAKING OIL ON HEATER MUFF. CLEANED MUFF AND TIGHTENED TUBES. M & D FILED. GROUND RUN AND FLIGHT TEST WAS SATISFACTORY. FAA OPERATIONS NOTIFIED ABOUT UNCOOPERATIVE ATTITUDE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.