# Incident 20170916019499I: Cessna 172E, Sherman, TX, September 16, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2017, 13:10 local time
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6357° N, 96.6089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sherman, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6357&lon=-96.6089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3701S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3701S-2018-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 393 total, 170 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/20170916019499I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN HAD PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE THREE DAYS EARLIER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND WAS FLYING IT HOME TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ACCORDING TO THE AIRMAN, WHILE ENROUTE TO THE SHERMAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KSWI) FOR A FUEL STOP, SMOKE APPEARED IN THE CABIN DURING THE ENROUTE DESCENT. THE AIRMAN SHUT OFF THE MASTER SWITCH BUT THE SMOKE DID NOT SUBSIDE. WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, THE AIRMAN PULLED BACK THE THROTTLE. AT THIS TIME, THE AIRMAN REALIZED THE AIRPORT WAS BEYOND GLIDING DISTANCE AND PROCEEDED TO EXECUTE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A CLEAR FIELD. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES APPEARED TO HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE ON-SITE INSPECTION REVEALED AN EXTENSIVE OIL LOSS WITH OIL SMEARED ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING AND STREAKS OF OIL SPREADING BACK AND DOWN OUTSIDE OF THE OIL SERVICE DOOR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE NOSE. THE AIRMAN STATED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO CAME TO THE SCENE, WHEN THE AIRMAN OPENED THE COWLING OIL SERVICE DOOR IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE EMERGENCY LANDING, THE OIL CAP WAS OFF AND THE AIRMAN PUT IT BACK ON. LATER, A GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION BY AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF OIL LEAKAGE FROM THE ENGINE, CONFIRMING THE PROBABLE CAUSE THAT THE OIL LOSS WAS DUE TO AN OIL CAP NOT SECURED PROPERLY.

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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