# Incident 19991224036049I: Cessna A185F, Emmett, ID, December 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1999, 11:50 local time
- Place: Emmett, ID
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8692° N, 116.4922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Emmett, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8692&lon=-116.4922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5XC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5XC-2010-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,900 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991224036049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IN CRUISE FLIGHT, AN OIL LEAK CAME UP OVER THE WINDSHIELD.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO BOISE, BUT BEGAN LOSING OIL PRESSURE.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD.  THE LANDING WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH O DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PEOPLE.  THE OIL LEAK APPEARED TO COME FROM A HOSE FITTING.

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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