# Incident 20011117036549I: Gulstm 112TCA, Robbinsville, NJ, November 17, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2001, 11:58 local time
- Place: Robbinsville, NJ
- Airport: Trenton-Robbinsville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2139° N, 74.6018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRENTON-ROBBINSVILLE (N87), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2139&lon=-74.6018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N112MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N112MS-2013-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 112TCA (registry code 7630307, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-112tca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming T0-360 series (registry code 41528, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t0-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 112TCA
- Reported engine: LYC TO360C1A6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,040 total, 460 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011117036549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TRENTON ROBBINSVILLE AIRPORT TAKING-OFF FROM RUNWAY 11. DURING CLIMB SMOKE FILLED THE CREW COMPARTMENT, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SHUT OFF THE FUEL VALVE. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING OVER AN OPEN FIELD. AFTER LANDING INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE TURBO CHARGER PIPE RETAINER CLAMP WAS CRACKED AND RUSTED. THE DAMAGE TO THE CLAMP CAUSED FIRE DAMAGE TO THE CREW COMPARTMENT DEFROSTER HOSE, HEATER HOSE, TURBO CHARGER OIL LINE, ENGINE OIL LINES AND WIRE HARNESS BUNDLES AT THE FIREWALL AREA. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE REPLACEABLE PLASTIC WING TIP.

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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