Narrative:

Ferry flight. Normal takeoff and climb to 1;500 ft; established cruise. Approximately 15 minutes into flight aircraft developed sudden severe oil leak. Windshield was covered in oil as well as portion of side windows. Visibility from pilot seat severely limited. No time to switch radios or transponder. An airport runway was seen out side window; turned toward it and landed as quickly as possible not knowing if engine would seize at any second. The runway proved to be on a large class B international airport.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot ferrying a Navion aircraft landed at a large Class B airport without clearance after his engine developed a severe oil leak which covered his forward window and much of the side windows.

Narrative: Ferry flight. Normal takeoff and climb to 1;500 FT; established cruise. Approximately 15 minutes into flight aircraft developed sudden severe oil leak. Windshield was covered in oil as well as portion of side windows. Visibility from pilot seat severely limited. No time to switch radios or transponder. An airport runway was seen out side window; turned toward it and landed as quickly as possible not knowing if engine would seize at any second. The runway proved to be on a large Class B international airport.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.