# Incident 20040109002219I: Amrgen AA1B, Fairfield, NJ, January 9, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2004, 15:32 local time
- Place: Fairfield, NJ
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8837° N, 74.3060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairfield, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8837&lon=-74.3060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6291L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6291L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-1B (registry code 3960103, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA1B
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 89 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040109002219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 1/09/2004 STUDENT PILOT VINCENT A. PESCE WAS BEING ADMINISTERED HIS PRIVATE PILOT PRACTICAL TEST BY DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER JAMES J. URCINOLE. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE, EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO ORIGINAL DEPARTURE POINT (KCDW), LANDED ON RUNWAY 9 WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A BLOWN CRANK SHAFT SEAL. MAINTENANCE AND DEFECT REPORT TO FOLLOW. ENGINE TOTAL TIME 1446.6, ENGINE SERIAL #L11216-15.

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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