19971209040739I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 310R · Anchorage, AK · December 9, 1997

Date
December 9, 1997 · 14:05 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Anchorage International
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
LATA
Aircraft
N5037J
Reported as
Cessna 310R
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total300 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Smoke oil from NR1 engine on climbout. Returned. Suspect crankcase breather blocked by frozen vapor.

As the FAA filed it

SMOKE OIL FROM NR1 ENGINE ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. SUSPECT CRANKCASE BREATHER BLOCKED BY FROZEN VAPOR.