# Incident 19960330009909I: Cessna 2105, Boulder City, NV, March 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1996, 15:05 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1840Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1840Z-1997-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5 (registry code 2073404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 in this make and model, 709 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960330009909I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING PREFLIGHT PILOT ADDED OIL AND SPILLED SOME. AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT REPORTED OIL SPLATTERED ON WINDSHIELD. THINKING IT WAS RESIDUAL FROM THE SPILL, THE PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT UNTIL VISION ON THE WINDSHIELD WAS IMPAIRED. ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO THE AIRFIELD, PILOT CUT POWER TOO SOON, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO HIT THE RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. INSPECTION AFTER THE INCIDENT REVEALED PILOT FORGOT TO RE-INSTALL OIL FILLER CAP DURING PREFLIGHT. DIP STICK SHOWED 6 QUARTS OF OIL REMAINING. NO NMAC OR PILOT DEVIATION OCCURRED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS REPORT AND INVESTIGATION ARE CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1840Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800210002169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800210002169A), Feb 10, 1980: Cessna 2105 (N1840Z), Fullerton, CA, Substantial damage. Hard landing south of runway. Attempted go-around. Became airborne. Hit parked plane. Stopped 300 ft from runway.

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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