# Incident 19971004036839I: Cessna 172F, Carefree, AZ, October 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1997, 08:30 local time
- Place: Carefree, AZ
- Airport: Sky Ranch Carefree Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8232° N, 111.9133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carefree, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8232&lon=-111.9133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8453U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8453U) (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: 650 total, 450 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971004036839I

## Narrative

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

LOST OIL PRESSURE. LANDED F18. INDICATES SMALL OIL LEAKS AND OIL NOT CHECKED FOR SOME TIME. NO OIL IN ENGINE.

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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