# Incident 19990425016689I: Cessna 182A, Franklin, IN, April 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1999, 16:00 local time
- Place: Franklin, IN
- Airport: Franklin Flying Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 39.4264° N, 86.0583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANKLIN FLYING FLD (3FK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4264&lon=-86.0583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5927B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5927B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,064 total, 760 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990425016689I

## Narrative

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

DURING CLIMBOUT FROM FRANKLIN AIRPORT WITH 4 PARACHUTIST (SKYDIVERS) ON BOARD, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT AT 2300 MSL (1500 AGL) WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE SKYDIVERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD 5 MI. N.E. OF THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT.  THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED ON SITE, WAS ABLE TO START ENGINE & AFTER TESTING FLEW THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE AIRPORT.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N5927B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080830849429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080830849429A), Aug 30, 2008: Cessna 182A (N5927B), Elizabethtown, KY, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 30, 2008, at 1857 EDT, a Cessna 182A received substantial damage resulting from the engine quitting and landing short of runway 5 at ekx,…

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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