Always check those filler caps! – P-40 Oil Leak Emergency

This sharing of info is excellent for common learning, flight safety and worth a good show. Top chap, pleasure to talk to. Oil filler caps seem to remain an issue not just on warbirds but all aircraft

Well done him on the landing,glad it didn’t get worse .A fine line between being ok and something more serious.

Thom always does great videos.
I saw this same thing happen to Bob Baranaskis while displaying at Geneseo NY (in the P-40 in which, he was later, tragically lost).
I was working on the oil crew (delivering, not servicing). It looks like all to easy of a “gotcha!”
The mess was not quite as bad, as his routine was not aerobatic. I helped him with the clean up.
Given the location of the cap it would likely be the last thing to check before strapping in.