19940115002279I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Rochester, NY · January 15, 1994

Date: January 15, 1994 · 12:16 local
Place: Rochester, NY
Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N1379G
Reported as: Cessna 340A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520NB
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 150 total150 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N1379GRegistered now · Cessna 340AS/N 340A0078 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 340A Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 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.

Narrative: on January 15, 1994, at 12:30 pm, a Cessna 340, registered to Mr. Paul maltyszyk, reported to Rochester approach control that he was losing oil pressure in the left engine and needed to divert and land at Rochester. On short final the pilot secured the left engine and landed without incident. The oil was blowing out of the oil cooler. The return lines to the oil cooler were frozen, causing the oil to vent overboard. Windchill temperatures were in excess of -25F. The engine was thawed out, then checked and released. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 15, 1994, AT 12:30 PM, A CESSNA 340, REGISTERED TO MR. PAUL MALTYSZYK, REPORTED TO ROCHESTER APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE WAS LOSING OIL PRESSURE IN THE LEFT ENGINE AND NEEDED TO DIVERT AND LAND AT ROCHESTER. ON SHORT FINAL THE PILOT SECURED THE LEFT ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE OIL WAS BLOWING OUT OF THE OIL COOLER. THE RETURN LINES TO THE OIL COOLER WERE FROZEN, CAUSING THE OIL TO VENT OVERBOARD. WINDCHILL TEMPERATURES WERE IN EXCESS OF -25F. THE ENGINE WAS THAWED OUT, THEN CHECKED AND RELEASED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.