37.3394° N, 121.8950° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 19, 1984 · 11:00 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3111Y
Reported as
Cessna 182
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total300 in this make and model40 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.
Oil leak reported on climb out. Oil cap would not lock. Pilot and ground crew failed to notice.
As the FAA filed it
OIL LEAK REPORTED ON CLIMB OUT. OIL CAP WOULD NOT LOCK. PILOT AND GROUND CREW FAILED TO NOTICE.