# Incident 20120809020509I: Cessna U206F, Mokuleia, HI, August 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2012, 09:00 local time
- Place: Mokuleia, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.5794° N, 158.1718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mokuleia, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5794&lon=-158.1718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345TW-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206F (registry code 2073333, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 3 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120809020509I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPLAINED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS PLANNED TO CLIMB TO 8000' WITH 8 JUMPERS ON BOARD.  DURING THE RUN UP EVERYTHING WAS IN THE GREEN.  WHEN HE TOOK OFF, EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL.  ON CLIMB OUT BETWEEN 3000-3500 FEET EAST OF THE POLO FEILD THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH HOWEVER ALL THE GAUGES WERE IN THE GREEN.  AT THIS POINT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO RETURN TO HDH.  THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF OIL ON THE WINDSCREEN AS HE MADE HIS TURN BACK TO HDH.  DURING THE DECENT AT 1500 FEET OIL BEGAN TO SQUIRT OUT OF THE OIL INSPECTION COVER AND ONTO THE WINDSCREEN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HE COULD NOT SEE OUT OF THE WINDSCREEN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A LANDING MIDFEILD, TAXIED OFF AND SHUT DOWN.  UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION HE NOTICED A LARGE HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE ENGINE BLOCK.

## Other reports on N345TW (1)

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

- [Incident 20090522006919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090522006919I), May 22, 2009: Cessna U206F (N345TW), Mokuleia, HI, Minor damage. Upon descent, at about 3000' and 90 knots, the pilot noticed an unusual noise and found that the flexible skydiving door had moved outside the door frame…

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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