20030504009559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Bowdoinham, ME · May 4, 2003

Date: May 4, 2003 · 08:30 local
Place: Bowdoinham, ME
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N73017
Reported as: Cessna 140
Reported engine: Continental C8512
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 770 total312 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N73017Registration cancelled Jul 2, 2022 · Cessna 140S/N 10222 · Built 1946 Airframe modelCessna 140 Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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) On may 4th 2003 at approximately 0830 Mr. Mark elkhorn a private pilot of a Cessna 140, after flying for aobut one hour was forced to make an emergency landing in a field off cedar point road in Bowdoinham Maine due to "low oil pressure indication". During investigation of the aircraft there were indications of oil leaking on engine components, and on the ground under the aircraft. Further investigation revealed an oil pressure indicator line broken at the case.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 4TH 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 MR. MARK ELKHORN A PRIVATE PILOT OF A CESSNA 140, AFTER FLYING FOR AOBUT ONE HOUR WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD OFF CEDAR POINT ROAD IN BOWDOINHAM MAINE DUE TO "LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION". DURING INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT THERE WERE INDICATIONS OF OIL LEAKING ON ENGINE COMPONENTS, AND ON THE GROUND UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED AN OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR LINE BROKEN AT THE CASE.

Other reports on N73017 · 1

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

Accident 20090510009259ALanding · Mesquite, NV(-23) During landing rollout transitioning from runway 01 at K67L the aircraft experienced an uncontrolled left turn exiting the runway and taxiway environment. The pilot was unsuccessful in countering the turn with use of left rudder and the aircraft…May 10, 2009 · Substantial damage