19791116055479I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Oxnard, CA · November 16, 1979

Date
November 16, 1979 · 17:00 local
Place
Oxnard, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N327LS
Reported as
Cessna 182
Reported engine
Continental O470U
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total50 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.

Fluttering noise in engine followed by oil pressure drop. Prop shaft seal unseated and oil lost.

As the FAA filed it

FLUTTERING NOISE IN ENGINE FOLLOWED BY OIL PRESSURE DROP. PROP SHAFT SEAL UNSEATED AND OIL LOST.