# Incident 19830424043399I: Cessna T207, Fountain Valley, CA, April 24, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1983, 12:45 local time
- Place: Fountain Valley, CA
- Airport: Miles Square
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7106° N, 117.9511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fountain Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7106&lon=-117.9511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7405 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,160 total, 125 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830424043399I

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY LANDING FOLLOWING LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. #4 CYLINDER HAD A HOLE IN ITS TOP. OIL VENTED THROUGH BREATHER.

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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