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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna P210R · Logan, UT · March 14, 1994

Date
March 14, 1994 · 15:42 local
Place
Logan, UT
Airport
Logan-Cache Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5194A
Reported as
Cessna P210R
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520CE
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,642 total250 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

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: while IFR at FL180, the pilot observed a drop in manifold and oil pressure, followed by uneven engine operation. An emergency was declared and an uneventful landing made at Logan, UT (lgu). Maintenance investigation revealed the oil dip stick was partially out of the tube, allowing approximately 9 quarts of oil to escape. Maintnenace investigation revealed that the oil dipstick operated properly. privacy data omitted This is a final report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE IFR AT FL180, THE PILOT OBSERVED A DROP IN MANIFOLD AND OIL PRESSURE, FOLLOWED BY UNEVEN ENGINE OPERATION. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING MADE AT LOGAN, UT (LGU). MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE OIL DIP STICK WAS PARTIALLY OUT OF THE TUBE, ALLOWING APPROXIMATELY 9 QUARTS OF OIL TO ESCAPE. MAINTNENACE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE OIL DIPSTICK OPERATED PROPERLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.