- Date
- February 15, 1993, 12:29 local (20:29 UTC)
- Place
- Corning, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9300XCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930215002389A
- Case key
- 27925
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor preflight inspection. Factors relating to this accident were the not properly secured oil cap and the oil covered windshield.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the preflight inspection the certificated private pilot failed to assure that the oil cap was properly secured. Shortly after departing on a cross country flight the oil screen became oil soaked and completely obscured. The pilot returned to the airport. During the landing the airplane bounced and exited the left side of the runway and collided with a drainage ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9300X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253700
- Airframe hours
- 2,290
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcclelland, Donald L.
- Registered owner
- Mcclelland, Donald L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 5, 1992
- Destination
- 3S8 · Grants Pass, OR
- Airport
- 0O4 · Corning Municipal, runway 16, 2,700 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 129 total · 124 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.