NTSB LAX93LA122 — 1993-02-15 · CORNING, California, United States

Current FAA registration · N9300X

Make / Model: CESSNA 182E
Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19611230
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S ACE817

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9300X Cessna 182E None

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT'S POOR PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. FACTORS RELATING TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE NOT PROPERLY SECURED OIL CAP AND THE OIL COVERED WINDSHIELD.

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1993_LAX93LA122.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.