# Incident 19940522049029I: Piper PA31325, Long Beach, CA, May 22, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1994, 06:00 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27286 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31325
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 50 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940522049029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER TAKEOFF AND DURING CLIMB PILOT VISUALLY IDENTIFIED OIL SPEWING FROM RIGHT ENGINE COWLING. PILOT VERIFIED RIGHT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE INDICATIONS AS NORMAL PILOT SHUT DOWN AND SECURED RIGHT ENGINE AND EXECUTED A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL CAP WAS NOT SECURE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 QUARTS OF OIL WERE LOST DURING FLIGHT. THE LYCOMING TIO-540-F2BD ENGINE CONTAINS A MAXIMUM OIL CAPACITY OF 12 QUARTS, WITH A MINIMUM SAFE OIL QUANTITY OF 2 3/4 QUARTS. NO ENGINE DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT. THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT HE DID NOT PROPERLY SECURE THE RIGHT ENGINE OIL CAP DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.

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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