# Incident 20231228019979I: Cessna 172E, Weiser, ID, December 28, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2023, 13:00 local time
- Place: Weiser, ID
- Airport: Weiser Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2047° N, 116.9605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEISER MUNI (S87), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2047&lon=-116.9605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3803S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3803S) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 42 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231228019979I

## Narrative

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

-EVENT TOOK PLACE DURING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WITH A STUDENT PILOT SEEKING A PRIVATE SEL CERTIFICATE.

-FLIGHT PLANNED, KBOI TO KBKE RETURN TO KBOI.

-FLIGHT FROM KBOI TO KBKE WAS UNEVENTFUL. PILOT ADDED 1QT OF OIL TO TO ENGINE AT KBKE AND DEPARTED FOR KBOI.

-APROX 25 MILES FROM KBKE THE PILOT NOTICED OIL PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS, CONTACTED ATC, REQUESTED FLIGHT FOLLOWING AND DIVERTED TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT "S87" WEISER MUNICIPAL IN WEISER, ID.

-APROX 5 MILES FROM S87 PILOT NOTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCE.

-FEAR OF A FIRE THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY.

-AFTER PUSHING THE AIRCRAFT TO A PARKING SPOT THE PILOT NOTED THE OIL CAP WAS OFF, ALL OIL HAD BEEN EVACUATED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS COVERED IN OIL.

## Other reports on N3803S (1)

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

- [Accident 20191112018559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191112018559A), Nov 12, 2019: Cessna 172E (N3803S), Fallbrook, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot was soloing in the pattern. He came in on approach and landed half way down the runway. He began to brake hard and attempted to exit on the last…

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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