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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Ft Lewis, WA · September 26, 2000

Date
September 26, 2000 · 15:30 local
Place
Ft Lewis, WA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6750H
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,260 total300 in this make and model150 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.

(-23)privacy data omittedthe flight instructor with his student privacy data omittedwere on a instructional flight between tacoma narrows airport where the a/c was based and olympia. The oil temperature started rising with loss of oil pressure and they turned back to tacoma narrows as the situation deteriorated.^privac^realized that they could not return and elected to land the a/c on an old land fill on ft. Lewis, Washington. The landing was made without incident with no damage to the a/c and no injuries. Further investigation by inspectorprivacy data omitted, an airworthiness inspector from the sea FSDO and double eagle, inc. pmi found that there had been an error during the previous oil change causing the oil to leak out inflight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA ^THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WITH HIS STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA^WERE ON A INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT BETWEEN TACOMA NARROWS AIRPORT WHERE THE A/C WAS BASED AND OLYMPIA. THE OIL TEMPERATURE STARTED RISING WITH LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND THEY TURNED BACK TO TACOMA NARROWS AS THE SITUATION DETERIORATED.^PRIVAC^REALIZED THAT THEY COULD NOT RETURN AND ELECTED TO LAND THE A/C ON AN OLD LAND FILL ON FT. LEWIS, WASHINGTON. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT INCIDENT WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE A/C AND NO INJURIES. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY INSPECTOR^PRIVACY DATA^, AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR FROM THE SEA FSDO AND DOUBLE EAGLE, INC. PMI FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN ERROR DURING THE PREVIOUS OIL CHANGE CAUSING THE OIL TO LEAK OUT INFLIGHT.

Other reports on N6750H · 2

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