# Accident 20010815024649A: Cessna 177RG, Sikeston, MO, August 15, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2001, 21:06 local time
- Place: Sikeston, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8791° N, 89.5792° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8791&lon=-89.5792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N27JS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010815024649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED SIKESTON MEMORIAL MUNICIPAL (SIK) RWY 2 WITH APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS OF FUEL HEADED TO CAPE GIRARDEAU (CGI), FOR A FUEL STOP, THEN TO GREENWOOD, IN (HFY). AFTER DEPARTURE FROM SIK THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 500 FT, WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT THEN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED GROUND IMPACT DAMAGE TO RIGHT MAIN GEAR WHICH SEPARATED GEAR STRUT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DAMAGED, THE FIREWALL WAS BENT, THE RIGHT WING REAR SPAR WAS BENT, BOTH WING TIPS WERE BENT, THE AFT FUSELAGE WAS BENT, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THERE WAS CHAFFING ON THREE OF THE MAGNETO WIRES WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO A MISS FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI01LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA283), Aug 16, 2001: Cessna 177RG (N27JS), Sikeston, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during the initial climb due to fuel contamination, water. A factor relating to the accident was the trees.

## Other reports on N27JS (2)

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

- [Incident 20050517013279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050517013279I), May 17, 2005: Cessna 177RG (N27JS), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed on runway 19 at the Greenwood Municipal Airport (hfy) had the nose gear collapse while exiting the runway.
- [Incident 20040214002359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040214002359I), Feb 14, 2004: Cessna 177RG (N27JS), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. (-23) On February 14, 2004 N27JS, a Cessna 177RG operated by [privacy data omitted] landed gear up at Greenwood Municipal Airport. [privacy data omitted] Was…

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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