# Incident 20030504009559I: Cessna 140, Bowdoinham, ME, May 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2003, 08:30 local time
- Place: Bowdoinham, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0212° N, 69.9013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowdoinham, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0212&lon=-69.9013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73017, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73017-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 770 total, 312 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030504009559I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20090510009259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090510009259A), May 10, 2009: Cessna 140 (N73017), Mesquite, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing rollout transitioning from runway 01 at K67L the aircraft experienced an uncontrolled left turn exiting the runway and taxiway…

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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