# Incident 19800331045979I: Cessna 340A, Olathe, KS, March 31, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1980, 17:50 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8814° N, 94.8191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Olathe, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8814&lon=-94.8191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111SC-2007-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 1,175 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800331045979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOTICED OIL EMITTING FROM LEFT ENGINE. OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATED, SHUT DOWN. SCAVENGER PUMP FAILURE.

## Other reports on N111SC (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070216001829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070216001829A), Feb 16, 2007: Cessna 340A (N111SC), Council Bluffs, IA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) On February 16, 2007 at 21:04 local time, N111SC, a Cessna 340A aircraft, serial number 340A0335, collided with terrain 4 miles southeast of the Council…
- [Accident 19850524020679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850524020679A), May 24, 1985: Cessna 340A (N111SC), Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. Turned fuel off on simulated approach. Could not maintain altitude. No engine restart, landed gear up.

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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