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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 305C · Friendsville, MD · August 11, 1988

Date: August 11, 1988 · 11:10 local
Place: Friendsville, MD
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N740BC
Reported as: Cessna 305C
Reported engine: Continental O470*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total200 in this make and model220 in the last 90 days

N740BCRegistered now · Cessna L-19ES/N 24724 · Built 1959 Airframe modelCessna L-19E Engine modelContinental O-470 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.

Engine oil on cockpit floor. Oil pressure dropped to zero. Landed in a field. Found oil filler cap not in position.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE OIL ON COCKPIT FLOOR. OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO.LANDED IN A FIELD.FOUND OIL FILLER CAP NOT IN POSITION.