# Incident 20220208004699I: Cessna 172N, Crystal, MN, February 8, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2022, 09:36 local time
- Place: Crystal, MN
- Airport: Crystal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0625° N, 93.3540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRYSTAL (MIC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0625&lon=-93.3540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4808F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4808F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 35 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220208004699I

## Narrative

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

02-08-2022 N4808F REPORTED LOW OIL PRESSURE 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF KMIC, PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY RETURNED TO KMIC AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE. IMPROPERLY INSTALLED OIL DIPSTICK MADE CONTACT WITH THE CRANKSHAFT CAUSING METAL CONTAMINATION AND LOSS OF ENGINE OIL. MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WILL BE FILED. AIRMAN COUNSELLED.

## Other reports on N4808F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20030411010079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030411010079I), Apr 11, 2003: Cessna 172N (N4808F), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. (-23) On April 11, 2003, at 1747 CDT, a Cessna 172 owned by yankee flying club and operated by steven boxmeyer, experienced engine trouble (running rough and…
- [Accident 20020620013939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020620013939A), Jun 20, 2002: Cessna 172N (N4808F), Minneapolis, MN, No damage. (-23) After completing touch and go landings, the student pilot was attempting to clear the runway when she noticed a fuel truck on the taxiway she had been…

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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