# Incident 20170721014749I: Cessna 170, King Salmon, AK, July 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2017, 16:04 local time
- Place: King Salmon, AK
- Airport: King Salmon
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.6765° N, 156.6487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KING SALMON (AKN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.6765&lon=-156.6487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3922V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3922V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 228 total, 86 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170721014749I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/21/2017 AT APPROX 1604 AKDT, A CESSNA 170 (N3922V) BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE ENGINE DIFFICULTIES. A LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE AND SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT OCCURRED. PIC NOTIFIED (PAKN )TOWER OF CONDITION AND REQUESTED IMMEDIATE CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 12. AIRCRAFT MADE UNEVENTFUL LANDING APPROX 2000 FT DOWN RUNWAY. DOT EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO LOCATION, ASSISTED PIC AND ONE PASSENGER. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. DOT PERFORMED F.O.D. CHECK OF RUNWAY 12, TERMINATED THE EMERGENCY INCIDENT, TOWED THE AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE RUNWAY,  AND TOWER RESUMED NORMAL OPERATIONS.

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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