# Incident 20000610019919I: Cessna 172E, San Luis Obispo, CA, June 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2000
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2662° N, 120.6684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Luis Obispo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2662&lon=-120.6684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3747S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3747S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 74 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000610019919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT OIL SPRAYED OVER THE WINDSHIELD, ENGINE POWER DECREASED TO 50RPM'S, AND SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN. AFTER A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD IT WAS NOTED THAT THE OIL FILTER CAP WAS MISSING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD IN FACT ADDED ONE QUART OF OIL TO THE ENGINE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. HE STATED THAT HE MAY NOT HAVE SECURED THE CAP PROPERLY BEFORE CLOSING THE ACCESS DOOR.

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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