# Incident 20120112000559I: Beech C23, Berkeley, WV, January 12, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Berkeley, WV
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5032° N, 77.9272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berkeley, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5032&lon=-77.9272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9167S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9167S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 392 total, 257 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120112000559I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A CFI CHECKRIDE WITH OPS INSPECTOR MARK FAIR FROM THE DULLES FSDO WHEN THEY LOST OIL PRESSURE AND THE ENGINE SEIZED. INSPECTOR FAIR HANDLED THE RADIO AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONCENTRATED ON THE FLYING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A CORN FIELD AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.1/17/2012 WHEN THE COWLING WAS REMOVED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE OIL SUMP PLUG ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE WAS GONE. NORMALLY THIS PLUG IS SAFETYWIRED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OR TRACE OF SAFETYWIRE AT THE HOLE PROVIDED FOR IT. THIS ENGINE WILL BE REMOVED AND SENT TO AN ENGINE OVERHAUL SHOP IN WEST VIRGINIA. THE TIME SINCE THE ANNUAL INSPECTION IS 4 MONTHS AND THE ENGINE HAS HAD 30 HOURS PUT ON IT SINCE THE ANNUAL. I WILL AMEND THIS REPORT ONCE THE ISSUE CONCERNING THE PLUG AND SOME OTHER SMALL ISSUES FOUND WHEN THE ENGINE IS FURTHER INSPECTED WITH THE PERSON WHO SIGNED FOR THE ANNUAL INSPECTION.2/16/12  I SPOKE WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ABOUT THE ANNUAL . HE DID NOT TAKE NOTICE OF THE OIL PLUG SAFETY WIRE OR IF THE PLUG HAD BEEN REMOVED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO IS MAINTENANCE CO-ORDINATOR FOR THIS AIRCRAFT HELPED WITH THE ANNUAL AND STATED THE PLUG WAS NOT REMOVED DURING THE ANNUAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN OIL QUICK DRAIN AND THERE WOULD BE NO REASON TO REMOVE THE PLUG.  THIS INCIDENT IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERED CLOSED BUT MAY BE AMENDED AS MORE INFORMATION IS KNOWN.

## Other reports on N9167S (3)

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

- [Incident 20020423017919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020423017919I), Apr 23, 2002: Beech C23 (N9167S), Leesburg, VA, Minor damage. (-23) Landed at Leesburg (jyo) with no nose gear. Nose landing gear departed aircraft somewhere between atlantic city, NJ, and Leesburg, VA. Pilot had no…
- [Incident 19840419021469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840419021469I), Apr 19, 1984: Beech C23 (N9167S), Olive Branch, MS, Minor damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impact broke off the nose gear.
- [Incident 19830310023449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830310023449I), Mar 10, 1983: Beech C23 (N9167S), Kissimmee, FL, Minor damage. Right brake failed while taxiing on the ramp. Struck a parked aircraft.

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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