# Incident 20000926028919I: Cessna 172M, Ft Lewis, WA, September 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2000, 15:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lewis, WA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0955° N, 122.5674° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lewis, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0955&lon=-122.5674&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6750H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6750H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,260 total, 300 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000926028919I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 20241213018779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241213018779A), Dec 13, 2024: Cessna 172M (N6750H), Gig Harbor, WA, Substantial damage. During the student's initial solo flight, the aircraft sustained substantial damage during the second touch and go landing. The student landed left of the…
- [Accident 19960204047359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960204047359A), Feb 4, 1996: Cessna 172M (N6750H), Olympia, WA, Substantial damage. (-16) The pilot was conducting a sightseeing flight with his three passengers. Level at 3,000 feet MSL, on a heading of east, he passed 400 feet AGL over a…

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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