# Incident 19990605014769I: Univar 1082, Long Beach, CA, June 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N173C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N173C-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stinson 108-2 (registry code 9230406, https://openairdocs.org/model/stinson-108-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-435A/0-435C (registry code 41517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-435a-0-435c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 1082
- Reported engine: LYC O435C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 998 total, 250 in this make and model, 168 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990605014769I

## Narrative

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

A FEW MINUTES INTO A BANNER-TOW FLIGHT, THE PILOT OF N173C OBSERVED OIL SPRAYING ON THE AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD. HE TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TOWARD THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT (KLGB).  WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE WINDSHIELD WAS COVERED WITH OIL TO THE POINT THAT THE PILOT COULD NOT SEE OUT.  HE DROPPED THE BANNER OVER AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN, AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON AN INACTIVE RUNWAY.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PROPELLER BEARING RACE FAILED, CAUSING THE OIL SEAL TO RUPTURE.

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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