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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Univar 415-C · Chelsea, VT · May 19, 1978

Date
May 19, 1978 · 20:00 local
Place
Chelsea, VT
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2221H
Reported as
Univar 415C
Reported engine
Continental C85*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
244 total70 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke in cockpit and loss of oil pressure in flight. Blow by of oil from #1 cylinder due to ring positioning.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE IN COCKPIT AND LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE IN FLIGHT. BLOW BY OF OIL FROM #1 CYLINDER DUE TO RING POSITIONING.