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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Casper, WY · October 3, 1978

Date
October 3, 1978 · 07:10 local
Place
Casper, WY
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N7309X
Reported as
Cessna R182
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
850 total200 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.

Pilot lost control of the propeller,then noted loss of oil pressure. Oil lost due to loose gauge line connection.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE PROPELLER,THEN NOTED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. OIL LOST DUE TO LOOSE GAUGE LINE CONNECTION.