# Incident 19970814027549I: Cessna 182Q, Susaville, CA, August 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Susaville, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N759FU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N759FU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970814027549I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 14, 1997, AT 12:15, N759FU, PILOTED BY RALPH B. WINKELER, CERTIFICATE NO 2042155, DEPARTED ONTARIO, OR WITH A DESTINATION OF PARADISE, CA. AFTER CROSSING EAGLE LAKE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 9500 FEET, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER WITH NO OTHER PREVIOUS INDICATIONS. MAYDAY WAS DECLARED ON 121.5 AND TRANSPONDER SET TO 7700. ALL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART ENGINE OR REGAIN POWER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. A GLIDE WAS INITIATED AND A LANDING WAS EXECUTED ON STATE HIGHWAY 44. DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT THE LEFT WING CAME IN CONTACT WITH THREE FIBERGLASS SNOW MARKERS AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT WING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT MAGNETO HAD ELECTRICALLY FAILED AND THE REMAINING SPARK PLUGS BECAME FOULED. THE RIGHT MAGNETO WAS REPLACED AND ALL SPARK PLUGS REPLACED. AT THIS TIME WITH THE HELP OF THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AND CALTRANS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN OFF HIGHWAY 44 TO THE SUSANVILLE AIRPORT WHERE THE ENGINE WAS EXTENSIVELY INSPECTED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CONTINUED ITS FLIGHT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS REPORTED TO FUNCTION AND OPERATE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. INCIDENT DOES NOT INVOLVE A PILOT DEVIATION REPORT FORM 8020-17.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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