# Incident 20120806016269I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Scottsdale, AZ, August 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2012, 08:32 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Scottsdale Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89CD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 200 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120806016269I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKE OFF THE PILOT NOTICED LOW OIL PRESSURE ANNUNCIATOR AND OBSERVED LOW OIL PRESSURE ON THE INDICATOR AND RISING OIL TEMPERATURE.  THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AND ANGLE OF ATTACK AND OIL PRESSURE ROSE AND TEMPERATURE DROPPED SLIGHTLY.  PILOT ELECTED TO IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO DEPARTURE AIRPORT.  SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE ACTIONS REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE RELIEF SPRINGS P/N'S 673083 AND 539613.  AND OIL PRESSURE TRANSDUCER. P/N 12635-002.  THE ENGINE OIL WAS CHANGED AS A MATTER OF A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND THE FILTER WAS EXAMINED FOR FOREIGN PARTICLES.  ALL INSPECTIONS HAD NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE ENGINE WAS RUN UP AND NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED.  AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE

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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