# Incident 20000810025509I: Cessna 172N, Denver, CO, August 10, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2000, 20:00 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3601E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3601E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 39 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000810025509I

## Narrative

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

(-23)SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING APA, PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE. PILOT TURNED AIRCRAFT TO RETURN TO APA.  ENGINE STARTED TO SHUDDER, THEN QUIT.  PILOT HAD A FIELD IN SIGHT AND PRIOR TO LANDING SHUT AIRCRAFT DOWN.  UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH TWO BARBED WIRE FENCES AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE GEAR.  MINOR DAMAGE WAS INCURRED TO THE RIGHT ELEVATOR TIP FROM STRIKING A FENCE POST.  NO INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT WAS TRUCKED TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN STRAIGHT FLIGHT AT WHICH TIME THEY FOUND THAT A MECHANICS RAG HAD STOPPED OIL FLOW AT THE OIL STRAIN SCREEN. TOTAL BLOCKAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N3601E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19951116046329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951116046329I), Nov 16, 1995: Cessna 172N (N3601E), Cleveland, OH. Narrative: pilot thought he was further south than he was on cross-country as his GPS was inoperative and contacted akron-canton controller and later…

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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