# Incident 20000316001689I: Cessna 180, Cottage Grove, MN, March 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2000, 16:20 local time
- Place: Cottage Grove, MN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8277° N, 92.9438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottage Grove, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8277&lon=-92.9438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6540A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6540A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000316001689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE RETURNING ON A FLIGHT TO FLEMING FIELD, ST PAUL, MN (SGS), THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD.  NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.  REASON FOR LOSE OF POWER IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.  AN AMENDMENT TO TH IS REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WHEN REASON FOR THE LOSE OF POWER IS IDENTIFIED.  AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRST FLIGHT AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPECTION.  PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED NUMEROUS ITEMS THAT WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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