Probably will never be a priority for CASA to fix as GA will be a distant memory very soon based on the propaganda that's splattered around this website by some campaignars,

Thank you, 'Band a Lot' for your reply.


"No oil pressure would not show a thing, Yes I am LAME."


All the more reason for us to make sure that our oil caps are secure..

Band a Lot
When you said

Do you mean 'bad' if all the oil is sucked out and the oil pressure drops or 'bad' even if only say half the oil is lost but the engine retains oil pressure ?

Nothing disappoints me more to read these tragic reports. We as pilots must support one another.

I really hope the pilot involved in this accident can get over the grievences of this tragic event. Who's at fault in relation to this accident, it's not the pilot, it's the aviation community; CASA, flying schools, ATOs and the general industry. We must look after one another, even if we don't know each other. If you witness a potential hazard, speak up even if you feel that you may be considered as a fool - you may prevent an accident.

I have had a 210 come in (dipstick broken thin strip/handle separation) it had about 3 quarts in it and operated fine and did TBO. I suspect it was way below 10 qts for many many hrs of flight.

I mean shutting the cooling by closing cowl flaps (bad but not fatal).

An on but not fully locked fuel cap will kill all on board a certain helicopter model.

Years ago when I was an apprentice, I remember seeing a Piper Lance return to our hangar with a **** load of oil on the windscreen/airframe as a result of the filler cap/oil dipstick not being secure. Luckily the pilot worked out what was going on and he was able to safely land. The amount of oil lost wast not significant enough to damage the engine. All we done from memory way to drain and replenish the oil and wash the engine and airframe.