20050129000369I

Incident

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7AC · Buffalo, WY · January 29, 2005

Date
January 29, 2005 · 12:40 local
Place
Buffalo, WY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N84031
Reported as
Bbavia 7AC
Reported engine
Continental C8512
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,900 total1,700 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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) Oil screen thermal bulb nut was left loose after an oil change. Mechanic left thermal bulb nut loose after he did an oil change, causing loss of oil and oil pressure. Engine seized and pilot was forced to make an emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) OIL SCREEN THERMAL BULB NUT WAS LEFT LOOSE AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. MECHANIC LEFT THERMAL BULB NUT LOOSE AFTER HE DID AN OIL CHANGE, CAUSING LOSS OF OIL AND OIL PRESSURE. ENGINE SEIZED AND PILOT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.