# Incident 20070116002519I: Tmpson NAVION*, El Cajon, CA, January 16, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2007, 09:48 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3374G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3374G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan NAVION (registry code 6150160, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-navion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TMPSON NAVION*
- Reported engine: CONT E185*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070116002519I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACFT HAD JUST RECEIVED A REBUILT ENGINE. AN ENGINE RUNUP WAS PERFORMED. AN OIL LEAK WAS OBSERVED AT THE TRANSFER COLLAR AREA. FOUR EACH OIL SEAL RINGS WERE REPLACED. ANOTHER ENGINE RUNUP WAS PERFORMED. NO PROBLEMS NOTED. PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 27R AT SEE. PILOT EXECUTED AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT TURN. AT THAT TIME OIL BLEW ALL OVER THE WINDSHIELD. PILOT CONTACTED TOWER WHO GAVE CLEARANCE FOR AN IMMEDIATE LANDING ON RUNWAY 17. AT THIS TIME THE ACFT HAD VERY LITTLE POWER. ACFT MADE A HIGH FAST APPROACH. PILOT COULD ONLY SEE FIELD FROM A SMALL 6 INCH AREA ON RIGHT HAND SIDE OF WINDSHIELD. PILOT EXECUTED A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED AND CAME DOWN HARD ON RIGHT HAND GEAR. AT THAT TIME THE PILOT REALIZED THE R/H MAIN GEAR WAS GONE. ACFT HAD SLID OFF RUNWAY. LIGHT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE R/H WING TIP. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WHEN MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED IN THE TRANSFER COLLAR AREA, THE IA ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WHO PERFORMED THE MAINTENANCE DID NOT REMOVE THE OLD NOSE SEAL OUT OF THE ENGINE. ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DISCOVERED THIS WHEN HE PERFORMED THE TEARDOWN INSPECTION. HE CONTACTED THE SAN FSDO ONCE THIS WAS DETERMINED. ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS COUNSELED ON THIS MATTER AND HAS MADE RESTITUTION TO THE ACFT OWNER.

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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