19870105004259I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Blanca 17-30A · Watsonville, CA · January 5, 1987

Date
January 5, 1987 · 12:30 local
Place
Watsonville, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8267R
Reported as
Blanca 1730A
Reported engine
Continental IO520K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
160 total80 in this make and model20 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.

The engine developed an oil leak en route. Oil covered the windscreen. Landed in a field. Crankshaft seal dislodged

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK EN ROUTE. OIL COVERED THE WINDSCREEN. LANDED IN A FIELD. CRANKSHAFT SEAL DISLODGED

Other reports on N8267R · 1

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