# Incident 20020725025749I: Cessna 177RG, Benton, AR, July 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2002, 11:30 local time
- Place: Benton, AR
- Airport: Saline County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5904° N, 92.4794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINE COUNTY RGNL (SUZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5904&lon=-92.4794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7558V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7558V) (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
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020725025749I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 25,2002, 11:30 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, AN CESSNA 177RG, N7558V EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE CRUISING AT 10,500 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL ENGINE OUT LANDING AT SALINE COUNTY AIRPORT, BENTON ARKANSAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO OZARK AREA PHYSICIAN AIR TRANSIT INC., OF SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED. VFR METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. THE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI AND WAS DESTINED FOR BASTRAP, LA.

## Other reports on N7558V (2)

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

- [Incident 20000927036249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000927036249I), Sep 27, 2000: Cessna 177RG (N7558V), Springfield, MO, Minor damage. (-23) In the process of repositioning N7558V from sgf to the Springfield Downtown Airport, [privacy data omitted] neglected to extend the airplane's landing…
- [Incident 19910617038469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910617038469I), Jun 17, 1991: Cessna 177RG (N7558V), Ashland, KS, Minor damage. Engine did not develop normal power. Aborted. Settled and ran off end of runway into ditch.

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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