# Incident 19950507016859I: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Flint, MI, May 7, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1995, 07:46 local time
- Place: Flint, MI
- Airport: Bishop Intrnational Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0125° N, 83.6875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flint, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0125&lon=-83.6875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57JP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57JP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Price James Albert LONG EZ (registry code 05690Z8, https://openairdocs.org/model/price-james-albert-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZELONG
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,259 total, 123 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950507016859I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS OIL COOLER IS PART OF A CERTIFIED ENGINE INSTALLATION IN A CESSNA 172M. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE OIL COOLER RUPTURED IN THE AREA OF THE OUTPUT SIDE OF THE END TANK BETWEEN THE WELDED SEAMS ON THE COOLER. THIS CAUSED A RAPID LOSS OF ENGINE OIL AND EVENTUAL ENGINE FAILURE. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT FROM SAGINAW, MI TO PONTIAC, MI WHILE PASSING WITHIN 5 MILES FROM FLINT, MI AIRPORT, THE PILOT NOTICED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED WITH THE FLINT TOWER. WHILE INBOUND TO FLINT ON A 2 MILE FINAL, THE ENGINE QUIT. A LANDING WAS MADE ON THE AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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