# Accident 20040912021099A: Cessna 172B, Woolwich, ME, September 12, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2004, 13:22 local time
- Place: Woolwich, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0000° N, 69.7167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0000&lon=-69.7167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7422X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7422X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195B (registry code 2073112, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R-755 series (registry code 35031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r-755-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Reported engine: CONT O300B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 328 total, 228 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040912021099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 1330 HRS. LCL, ON 9/12/04, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 FT MSL, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HEARD A LOUD RAPPING NOISE. THEY CHECKED THE OIL PRESSURE AND FOUND IT READING ZERO. THEY INITIALLY ATTEMPTED TO GO 2 MILES TO WISCASETT AIRPORT (IWI). THE PILOT STATED THE PROP STOPPED AND HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A FARMER'S FIELD. DURING MANEUVERING AT LOW ALTITUDE, THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE GROUND AND WAS RIPPED OFF. THE LEFT WING STRUCK A LINE OF SMALL TREES AND WAS BENT. THE PLANE NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE WITH THE NOSE AND PROP BURIED IN THE GROUND. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. IT IS NOTED THAT THE PRESENCE OF AN INSTALLED AIRCRAFT SEAPLANE KIT AND THE USE OF SHOULDER HARNESSES, ADDED STRUCTURAL STRENGTH, AND PREVENTED PERSONAL INJURY. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION SHOWED OIL ON THE AIRCRAFT BELLY. THE OIL EXTENDED FROM THE NOSE TO THE TAIL AND THE OIL DIPSTICK READING NEARLY EMPTY. EVIDENCE OF AN OIL LEAK WAS FOUND ON THE ENGINE CRANKCASE AT THE POINT WHERE THE OIL FILTER ADAPTER IS SCREWED INTO THE ENGINE. THE PILOT STATES HE LEFT GREENVILLE, MAINE, WITH SLIGHTLY OVER 6 QTS OF OIL IN THE ENGINE AND FLEW 1.5 HRS. UNTIL THE CRASH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC04LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA210), Sep 12, 2004: Cessna 172B (N7422X), Wiscasset, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the oil filter adapter seal, which resulted in a loss of oil pressure, and subsequent catastrophic engine failure, and forced landing.

## Other reports on N7422X (1)

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

- [Incident 20151014016719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151014016719I), Oct 14, 2015: Cessna 195B (N7422X), Bedford, KY, Minor damage. The pilot stated that this flight was a personal pleasure flight. Upon initiating the departure from the Ohio river, the aircraft began to deccelerate and lean…

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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