# Accident 20200721019149A: Janicki Steven B RV4, Idabel, OK, July 21, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2020, 17:47 local time
- Place: Idabel, OK
- Airport: Mccurtain Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9094° N, 94.8594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CURTAIN COUNTY RGNL (4O4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9094&lon=-94.8594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54WP-2022-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Janicki Steven B RV4 (registry code 05606X9, https://openairdocs.org/model/janicki-steven-b-rv4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360-A1A (registry code 41847, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: JANICKI STEVEN B RV4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360-A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,774 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200721019149A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A DAY VFR PART 91 PERSONNEL FLIGHT FROM I73, MORAINE AIRPARK, DAYTON OH TO LNC, LANCASTER REGIONAL, LANCASTER, TX.  . DURING A FUEL STOP AT KTKX, KENNETT MEMORIAL, KENNETT MO AN OIL LEAK WAS NOTICED AND THE PILOT INVESTIGATED THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. THE EXPERIMENTAL LYCOMING IO360-A1A WAS LEAKING FROM A CHAFFED PROP CONTROL OIL LINE PART NUMBER 75167. A SMALL HOLE HAD BEEN CHAFFED IN THE PROP CONTROL OIL LINE BY A CYLINDER OIL RETURN LINE CLAMP. THE PILOT REMOVED THE DAMAGED OIL LINE AND REPLACED THE LINE WITH A USED SERVICEABLE LINE. THE USED SERVICEABLE OIL LINE WAS PROVIDED BY A MAINTENANCE SHOP LOCATED AT KTKX AIRPORT. THE LINE WAS INSTALLED BY THE PILOT AND ASSISTED BY A MECHANIC FROM THE LOCAL AIRCRAFT SHOP. THE ORIGINAL INSTALLED OIL LINE WAS NOT INSTALLED WITH ANY MOUNTING CLAMPS. THE USED SERVICEABLE LINE WAS INSTALLED WITH NO RETAINING CLAMPS.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KTKX AND CONTINUED TO LNC, LANCASTER REGIONAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THE SMELL OF OIL AND OIL ON THE WINDSCREEN. THE PILOT NOTIFIES FORT WORTH CENTER AND REQUESTED THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE PILOT FLEW TOWARDS 4O4 MCCURTAIN COUNTY AIRPORT. THE ENGINE STARTED TO FAIL AND WITH ENGINE OIL OBSTRUCTING THE PILOTS VIEW, THE AIRCRAFT HIT POWER LINES JUST EAST OF MCCURTAIN COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UNDER THE POWER LINES. THE PILOT AND PASSAGE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS A SMALL GROUND FIRE CAUSED BY THE GROUND ELECTRICAL LINES.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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