# Incident 20010712018569I: Cessna 182A, Hazen, AR, July 12, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2001, 22:30 local time
- Place: Hazen, AR
- Airport: Hazen Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7814° N, 91.5581° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hazen, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7814&lon=-91.5581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5004D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5004D-2002-07-31) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 1,500 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/20010712018569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 12, 2001, AT 2230 CST, A CESSNA 182 AIRPLANE, N5004D, MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD AT HAZEN AIRPORT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT LANDED ABOUT 6 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 36 AT THE HAZEN AIRPORT (6M0), ARKANSAS. HE GUIDED THE CESSNA 182 OVER RUNWAY 36 VASI LIGHTS WITHOUT RUNWAY/TAXI LIGHTS AND WITHOUT ANY ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED TO MEMPHIS CENTER THAT HE LOS ELECTRICAL POWER 10 MILES NORTH OF HAZEN. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT STATED THAT HE USED HIS HAND HELD GPS AND MADE AN ATTEMPT TO LAND AT STUTTGART, ARKANSAS (8MO).  HE THEN DECIDED TO FLY TO HAZEN.  HE SAW THE ROTATING BEACON AN VASI LIGHTS AT HAZEN AND DECIDED TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FRONT UNDERCARIAGE, PROPELLER, ENGINE, LOWER ENGINE COWL, WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING IN TALL GRASS.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED DURING LANDING.  THE PILOT WAS ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM MILLITON, (NQA) TENN ENROUTE TO GEORGETOWN, TEXAS (GTV).  THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.  OWNER HAS BEEN ADVISED TO INFORM FAA OF THE NATURE OF THIS ELECTRICA L MALFUNCTION WHEN KNOWN.

## Other reports on N5004D (2)

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

- [Incident 19900414036859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900414036859I), Apr 14, 1990: Cessna 182A (N5004D), Round Rock, TX, 1 fatal. Main chute did not fully open. Released main chute. Did not deploy reserved.
- [Incident 19790315009689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790315009689I), Mar 15, 1979: Cessna 182A (N5004D), Shenandoah, IA, Minor damage. Unmanned aircraft struck building after being hand propped

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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