# Incident 20210629011109I: Cessna R172K, Meta, MO, June 29, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2021, 20:40 local time
- Place: Meta, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3123° N, 92.1658° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meta, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3123&lon=-92.1658&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758BA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N758BA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 474 total, 40 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210629011109I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED A LOWER THAN NORMAL OIL PRESSURE WHILE ENROUTE FROM KFAM AIRPORT FARMINGTON, MO TO KANSAS CITY, MO. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT THE K33 AIRPORT SALEM, MO. WHILE ON THE GROUND AT K33 AIRPORT, THE PILOT TROUBLESHOT THE OIL PRESSURE DISCREPANCY AND DETERMINED THERE WAS NO LONGER A PROBLEM. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE FLIGHT TO KANSAS CITY, MO AND WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF DEPARTING K33 AIRPORT, THE ENGINE STOPPED MAKING POWER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL FORCED LANDING INTO A FIELD NEAR META, MO. RESPONDERS TO THE SCENE INDICATE THE ENGINE OIL DIPSTICK WAS MISSING. THE K33 AIRPORT MANAGER FOUND A ENGINE OIL DIPSTICK SITTING  ON TOP OF THE AIRPORT'S FUEL PUMP.

THE MECHANIC SENT TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT FOUND: 1) THE ENGINE OIL DIPSTICK MISSING. 2) SLIGHTLY MORE THAN ONE QUART OF OIL WAS ALL THAT REMAINED IN THE ENGINE. 3) LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL DEBRIS FOUND IN OIL. 4) #1 PISTON WOULD NOT MOVE. 5) OIL FILM FOUND ON ENGINE COWL & OIL ACCESS DOOR. 6) OIL FILM FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT BELLY FROM THE FIREWALL TO TAIL SECTION.

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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