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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 177B · Sacramento, CA · June 15, 1987

Date: June 15, 1987 · 18:20 local
Place: Sacramento, CA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N34809
Reported as: Cessna 177B
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1F6
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total1,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N34809Registered now · Cessna 177BS/N 17702017 · Built 1973 Airframe modelCessna 177B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Loss of oil pressure at cruise. Off airport landing. Found oil filter gasket missing, owners had changed the oil.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AT CRUISE. OFF AIRPORT LANDING. FOUND OIL FILTER GASKET MISSING, OWNERS HAD CHANGED THE OIL.