# Incident 19881126061709I: Cessna 182N, Centerville, TN, November 26, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1988, 14:00 local time
- Place: Centerville, TN
- Airport: Centerville Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8374° N, 87.4454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTERVILLE MUNI (GHM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8374&lon=-87.4454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9271G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 3,100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881126061709I

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO SECURE OIL CAP ON PREFLIGHT. OIL ON WIND SCREEN. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. SECURED CAP. CONTINUED FLIGHT.

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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