A bellanca viking pilot made an immediate return and landing with tower's assistance when engine oil...

Attributes
ACN	1018553
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Tower
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Viking/Turbo-Viking 17-30/31
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Oil Filler Cap
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 850 Flight Crew Type 40
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

After takeoff I immediately began to notice oil on my windshield. By the time I was at 500 ft my windscreen was covered in oil. I began an immediate left turn to join the left downwind for runway 6. I informed the tower that I was returning to the airport for immediate landing with oil on my windshield. This was acknowledged by the tower and I was cleared to land on runway 6. By this time I was on downwind and starting to think I might want to land on runway 15. I asked the controller if I could have runway 15. He cleared a grumman [to exit] at the next taxiway and cleared me to land on runway 15. By this time I decided to continue to runway 6. Tower told me the airport was mine. I made an uneventful and mostly blind landing on runway 6. The oil filler cap was loose and had come off inflight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Bellanca Viking pilot made an immediate return and landing with Tower's assistance when engine oil began coating his windshield after takeoff. The oil filler cap had not been secured prior to takeoff.

Narrative: After takeoff I immediately began to notice oil on my windshield. by the time I was at 500 FT my windscreen was covered in oil. I began an immediate left turn to join the left downwind for Runway 6. I informed the Tower that I was returning to the airport for immediate landing with oil on my windshield. This was acknowledged by the Tower and I was cleared to land on Runway 6. By this time I was on downwind and starting to think I might want to land on Runway 15. I asked the Controller if I could have Runway 15. He cleared a Grumman [to exit] at the next taxiway and cleared me to land on Runway 15. By this time I decided to continue to Runway 6. Tower told me the airport was mine. I made an uneventful and mostly blind landing on Runway 6. The oil filler cap was loose and had come off inflight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

A bellanca viking pilot made an immediate return and landing with tower's assistance when engine oil began coating his windshield after takeoff. The oil filler cap had not been secured prior to takeoff.