# Incident 19961207041139I: Cessna 172F, Fairbanks, AK, December 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1996, 13:12 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5459R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5459R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961207041139I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 7, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 P.M. N5459R, A CESSNA 172F DEPARTED FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ENROUTE TO NULATO. AFTER TAKE OFF PILOT NOTICED OIL ON WINDSHIELD. RETURNED TO LAND AT FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL WITH NO DAMAGE. FOUND OIL CAP NOT SECURED.

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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