# Incident 19980314008149I: Piper PA22108, Burt, IA, March 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1998, 11:00 local time
- Place: Burt, IA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1991° N, 94.2213° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burt, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1991&lon=-94.2213&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5321Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5321Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22108
- Reported engine: LYC O235C1B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 437 total, 30 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980314008149I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM ORANGE CITY, IA TO FOREST CITY, IA WHEN THE PILOT SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND NOTICED OIL ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. THE MECHANIC THAT INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPAIRED THE ENGINE AFTER THE LANDING, FOUND THE CRANKSHAFT SEAL HAD BLOWN OUT. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE BELIEVED ENGINE CRANKCASE PRESSURES HAD BUILT UP BECAUSE THE BREATHER WAS OBSTRUCTED BY FROZEN CONDENSATION. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT HAS BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE MECHANIC.

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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