# Incident 20101001047799I: Cessna 414A, Memphis, TN, October 1, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78KC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101001047799I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS TRANSITIONING FROM HATTIESBURG, MS (KPIB) TO DEXTER, MO (KDXE). ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PILOT NOTICED OIL FORMING ON THE PORT ENGINE COWLING. PILOT CONTINUED MONITORING THE ENGINE INDICATORS AND THE OIL ON THE COWLING. WHEN THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE STARTED DECREASING, THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE AIRCRAFT  DIVERTED TO MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KMEM) AND LANDED WITH NO DAMAGE. MECHANICS INVESTIGATING THE LOSS OF OIL FROM THE PORT ENGINE FOUND A  PAIR OF NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS LODGED INTO THE OIL COOLER. THE PLIERS HAD PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE OIL COOLER CAUSING OIL TO LEAK INTO THE ENGNE COMPARTMENT. THIS OIL SPREAD TO THE ENGINE COWLING. THE LOSS OF OIL FROM THE LEAKING OIL COOLER  EVENTUALLY CAUSED A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE INDICATION.

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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