FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Lander, WY · August 11, 1993
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot noticed oil coming out of cowling. Precautionary landing on road. Pilot had left oil cap off.
PILOT NOTICED OIL COMING OUT OF COWLING. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON ROAD. PILOT HAD LEFT OIL CAP OFF.
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.