# Incident 20170108020519I: Piper PA-28-140, January 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2017, 13:55 local time
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N15402, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-140
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,009 total, 900 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170108020519I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS FIRST FLIGHT AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPECTION HAD BEEN PERFORMED. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT REPORTED SEEING A CLEAR UNKNOWN LIQUID ON HIS WINDSCREEN AFTER HE HAD TAKEN OFF FROM FALCON FIELD.

HE REQUESTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

MAINTENANCE LOOKED OVER THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THE FLUID WAS FRESH ENGINE OIL WHICH WAS LEAKING FROM THE CRANKSHAFT. IT WAS DETERMINED THE PLUG ON THE END OF THE CRANKSHAFT HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY INSTALLED AFTER A REQUIRED INSPECTION. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE PLUG AND THE AIRCRAFT HAS HAD NO FURTHER ISSUES WITH LOSS OF ENGINE OIL.

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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