# Incident 20201203017869I: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA, Keizer, OR, December 3, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2020, 09:45 local time
- Place: Keizer, OR
- Airport: Mcnary Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9095° N, 123.0025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MCNARY FLD (SLE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9095&lon=-123.0025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N219TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N219TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA (registry code 0600006, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2002-sierra) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2002 SIERRA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201203017869I

## Narrative

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

FROM FAA FORM 8020-9 DATED 12/3/2020 AT 1745Z.

DESCRIPTION: N291TS REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE NORTH OF KEIZER AND LOOKING FOR A FIELD TO LAND IN.  MARION COUNTY DISPATCH NOTIFIED.  AIRCRAFT LANDED IN FIELD 6.8 SM NORTH OF SALEM AIRPORT.  ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA WERE ABLE TO ASSIST IN LOCATING AIRCRAFT.  EMERGENCY SERVICES UPDATED ON LOCATION.  (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^). WEATHER DATA: 1755Z 120/04KT 10SM CLR 03/01 A3033.

INTERVIEW WITH PILOT IN COMMAND CONDUCTED VIA TELEPHONE ON 12/03/2020 AT 19:04Z WAS CONDUCTED WITH FAA REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER AND NTSB INVESTIGATOR.  FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AS A 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH A QUALIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED INDEPENDENCE STATE AIPORT ENROUTE TO AURORA STATE AIRPORT AT 3,500? MSL.  JUST NORTH OF MCNARY FIELD (KSLE) THE SMELL OF OIL AND SMOKE ENTERED THE COCKPIT.  A CHECK OF THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GUAGE INDICATED ZERO OIL PRESSURE.  THE AIRCRAFT TURNED BACK TOWARD 7S5 JUST PRIOR TO THE ENGINE FAILING.  THE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SELECTED A FORCED LANDING LOCATION AND SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED A LANDING IN A FIELD WITH MINIMAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE INDEPENDENCE STATE AIRPORT (7S5).  ENGINE OIL WAS PRESENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND LOWER PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE.  UPON REMOVAL OF THE ENGINE COWLINGS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STARTER MOTOR WAS LOOSE.  THE STARTER HAD BACKED OUT OF THE ENGINE CASE CAUSING THE LOSS OF ENGINE OIL AND SEIZURE OF THE ENGINE.  STARTER MOUNTING HARDWARE WAS FOUND IN THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING.

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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