ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199716
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| Date: | Friday 15 September 2017 |
| Time: | 13:11 |
| Type: | Stolp SA-100 Starduster |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1356W |
| MSN: | RAP-02 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 610 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Orange County near Tuxedo, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chester, CT (SNC) |
| Warwick, NY (N72) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was conducting a cross-country, personal flight. He reported that, while approaching the destination airport at a cruise altitude of 2,500 ft mean sea level, he noticed smoke coming from the engine cowling. Concerned that there was a fire, he decided to immediately land the airplane in an open field. During touchdown, the airplane impacted 5-ft-tall grass and immediately cartwheeled.
Postaccident examination of the wreckage revealed that there was a loose oil line fitting at the oil cooler and that oil was dripping on the exhaust system, which likely resulted in the smoke the pilot saw before initiating the precautionary landing.
Probable Cause: A loose oil line that allowed oil to drip on the exhaust system, which resulted in smoke during cruise flight and a subsequent precautionary landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=1356W
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2017 10:27 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 16-Sep-2017 12:30 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2017 23:51 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2017 16:03 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 22-Apr-2020 17:05 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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