# Incident 20070501016199I: Cessna 170A, Blue Hill, ME, May 1, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2007, 15:00 local time
- Place: Blue Hill, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3986° N, 68.5810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blue Hill, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3986&lon=-68.5810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5407C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5407C-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 175 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/20070501016199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS OFFICE NOTIFIED BY NEW ENGLAND AREA OPERATIONS CENTER THAT: "N5407C, C170A, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE AT BLUE HILL AIRPORT, MAINE AT 1500 EDT, 5/1/07. LANDING WAS WITHOUT INCIDENT." PILOT ALSO CONTACTED THIS OFFICE ON HIS OWN. THIS INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH PILOT, AND WAS INFORMED THAT FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM BLUE HILL AIRPORT, THE PILOT NOTICED OIL TEMPERATURE WAS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN USUAL. PILOT STATED THAT HE HEARD A TAPPING SOUND, THEN TURNED AROUND TO GO BACK TO BLUE HILL. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, PILOT HEARD A THUMP, THEN THE ENGINE OIL COATED THE AIRCRAFT WINDSHIELD. PILOT BACKED OFF THROTTLE, COASTED AIRCRAFT BACK INTO BLUE HILL WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON LANDING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT NUMBER SIX CONNECTING ROD CAME OUT THROUGH TOP OF CASE. PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT ENGINE OIL QUANTITY WAS SIX QUARTS DURING PREFLIGHT. THIS INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN THAT MAINTAINS THIS AIRCRAFT IN TRENTON, MAINE AND WAS INFORMED THAT AIRCRAFT IS KEPT IN AN ABOVE AVERAGE CONDITION AND THAT RECENT INSPECTIONS HAVE ALL BEEN COMPLETED.

## Other reports on N5407C (1)

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

- [Accident 20080106011009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080106011009A), Jan 6, 2008: Cessna 170A (N5407C), Ellsworth, ME, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman failed to obtain information relating to landing area conditions and weather at destination. Airman did not contact airfield owner or other…

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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