# Incident 20030620012809I: Cessna 305A, Telluride, CO, June 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Telluride, CO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9402° N, 107.8182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Telluride, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9402&lon=-107.8182&mi=10
- Aircraft: N542EZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 145 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030620012809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FAILED TO ASSURE THE OIL FILLER CAP WAS SECURE AND TOOK OFF. OIL WAS OBSERVED COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE AREA BY A GROUND OBSERVER AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RADIOED AND INFORMED OF THE SITUATION. PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO A STATE HIGHWAY WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURY. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE BY MECHANIC.

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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