# Incident 20021028028389I: Cessna 170B, Dunigan, CA, October 28, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 2002, 13:15 local time
- Place: Dunigan, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4316B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4316B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 206 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021028028389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OIL PRESSURE LOSS ENROUTE. MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD IN DUNIGAN, CA. NO INJURIES. NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED OIL LEAKAGE AT THE REMOTE OIL FILTER ADAPTER PLATE GASKET, WHICH WAS INSTALLED 12 HRS AGO DURING ENGINE OVERHAUL. IAW F & M ENTERPRISES STC SE-8409SW. OIL REMAINING IN ENGINE WAS 1.5 QUARTS. A&P MECHANIC INSPECTED THE OIL FILTER ADAPTER AND FOUND THE GASKET WAS PARTIALLY DISLODGED. MR. MILLER REMOVED THE ADAPTER PLATE AND REINSTALLED THE OEM SCREEN AND PLATE. ADDED OIL AND RELEASED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. THE OWNER OPERATOR WAS ASKED TO COMPLETE A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT AND SUBMIT IT TO THE FAA.

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