# Incident 19970816028649I: Cessna 182F, Cloverdale, CA, August 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1997, 12:24 local time
- Place: Cloverdale, CA
- Airport: Cloverdale Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7763° N, 122.9926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLOVERDALE MUNI (O60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7763&lon=-122.9926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3568Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3568Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT O470C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970816028649I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 16, 1997, MR. JOHN M. WIEGAND WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N3568Y, A CESSNA 182. AT APPROXIMATELY 1222 PDT N3568Y EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT THE CLOVERDALE AIRPORT. MR. WIEGAND ACCOMPLISHED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY 101. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURIES TO MR. WIEGAND. NEGATIVE PILOT DEVIATION. INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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