# Incident 20170312002899I: Cessna 206, San Diego, CA, March 12, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2017, 10:35 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5161U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5161U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170312002899I

## Narrative

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

CESSNA 206 PERFORMING A POST MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT DUE TO LOW OIL PRESSURE DISCREPANCY. AFTER ONE SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO UPON REACHING 600' AGL THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY VIBRATION AND OIL COVERING THE WINDSHIELD. PILOT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED A LARGE HOLE IN TOP OF THE ENGINE CASE AT THE NO.4 CYLINDER LOCATION.

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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