# Incident 20030503007729I: Cessna 182, Dixon, IL, May 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2003, 15:58 local time
- Place: Dixon, IL
- Airport: Dixon Municipal-Charles Wallgreen
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8433° N, 89.4775° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dixon, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8433&lon=-89.4775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6238A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6238A-2005-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 200 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030503007729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLEW OVER ROCK RIVER NEAR LOWELL PARK, DIXON, ILLINOIS. HE EMITTED SMOKE AS A "TRIBUTE" TO SISTER OF PRESIDENT OF ROCK RIVER VALLEY SKYDIVING CLUB. AFTER MANEUVER WAS PERFORMED THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER. PILOT STATED HE WAS MANEUVERING AT 1300-1500 FEET MSL (ABOUT 700-800 FEET AGL). WHILE AIRPLANE WAS DESCENDING, IT STRUCK AN ELECTRIC POWER WIRE, WHICH WAS STRUNG OVER THE RIVER. SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILOT DITCHED IN THE ROCK RIVER AND THEN SWAM TO SHORE. HE SAID HE DID NOT APPLY CARBURETOR HEAT, TO SEE IF CARBURETOR ICED UP.

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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