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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Brushton, WV · June 16, 1981

Date
June 16, 1981 · 16:15 local
Place
Brushton, WV
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N12968
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
625 total300 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.

10 Minutes into flight lost oil pressure, engine seized. Landed ok. Oil drain plug missing. No record of oil drain.

As the FAA filed it

10 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT LOST OIL PRESSURE, ENGINE SEIZED. LANDED OK. OIL DRAIN PLUG MISSING. NO RECORD OF OIL DRAIN.