# Incident 19951022043809I: Cessna 172B, Hartsville, SC, October 22, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1995, 18:15 local time
- Place: Hartsville, SC
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3660° N, 80.0833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hartsville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3660&lon=-80.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3589S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3589S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 493 total, 375 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951022043809I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING DESCENT INTO HARTSVILLE THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY, THEN IT STOPPED. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRPLANE IN A SOYBEAN FIELD 5.65 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE OIL CAP WAS NOT ON THE ENGINE. ENGINE OIL WAS STREAKING ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT REPORTED THE OIL CAP CAME OFF ONCE BEFORE AND HE PURCHASED A NEW CAP A YEAR BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THE OIL CAP INSTALLED WAS RETAINED BY A CHAIN ATTACHAED TO THE OIL FILLER NECK. DURING INVESTIGATIONS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE OIL CAP DID NOT HAVE A POSITIVE LOCK AFTER IT WAS SECURED ON THE FILLER TUBE..

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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