# Incident 19980727036019I: Frchld 71, Rapid City, SD, July 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1998, 11:50 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild 71 (registry code 3370802, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-71) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD 71
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 964 total, 278 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/19980727036019I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON JULY 27, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:50 MDT A FAIRCHILD M/N 71, N2K, OPERATED BY COMMERCIAL PILOT THOMAS NEIL DIXON, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD 5 1/2 MILES SW OF THE RAPID CITY, SD AIRPORT (RAP), DUE TO INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. COMMERCIAL PILOT THOMAS NEIL DIXON, AND TWO PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM CALIFORNIA EN ROUTE TO OSHKOSH, WI, UNDER CFT PART 91 WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED CHEYENNE, WY (CYS) JULY 27, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:00 MDT EN ROUTE TO RAPID CITY, SD (RAP). VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

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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