# Incident 20070302005999I: Cessna 550, Sacramento, CA, March 2, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2007, 19:00 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N211JS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 700 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070302005999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 02, 2007, AT ABOUT 1850 HOURS PST, N211JS DEPARTED KSMF ENROUTE FOR KRNO AFTER MAINTENANCE. WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 12,000 FT., THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ (PIC AND SOLE OCCUPANT) NOTICED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE ON THE NO.1 ENGINE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE IN QUESTION AND RETURNED TO KSMF. THE FOLLOWING WAS REPORTED BY THE SACRAMENTO CITATION SERVICE CENTER. THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT THE SACRAMENTO CITATION SERVICE CENTER FOR WORK ON A RIGHT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER DISCREPANCY. AFTER REPAIR OF THE THRUST REVERSER STOW SWITCH, BOTH AIRCRAFT ENGINES WERE SERVICED WITH OIL BY A SERVICE CENTER TECHNICIAN BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED. DURING CLIMB-OUT, AT APPROXIMATELY 12,000 FEET, THE MASTER WARNING SYSTEM ILLUMINATED AND THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE INDICATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PRESSURE SCALE. THE PILOT PULLED THE LEFT THROTTLE INTO CUT-OFF, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND RETURNED TO THE SACRAMENTO CITATION SERVICE CENTER SAFELY. UPON AIRCRAFT INSPECTION, IT WAS REVEALED THE OIL CAP/DIPSTICK FOR THE LEFT ENGINE WAS NOT SECURED. THE OVER-CENTER CAM LOCK TAB OF THE CAP WAS IN THE UP POSITION, ALLOWING THE ENGINE'S OIL TO BE PUSHED OUT THE OIL FILL PIPE. THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF OIL PRESSURE LOSS.

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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