# Incident 20040203001069I: Cessna 177, Emporia, KS, February 3, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4024° N, 96.1946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Emporia, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4024&lon=-96.1946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29440, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29440) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040203001069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT WAS FLYING PIPELINE PATROL 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EMPORIA KANSAS WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND LOSE POWER, SO A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE IN A PASTURE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT FOUND THAT THE FUEL WAS CONTAMINATED WITH WATER. FUEL CONTAMINATION.

## Other reports on N29440 (1)

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

- [Incident 19850202004759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850202004759I), Feb 2, 1985: Cessna 177 (N29440), Storm Lake, IA. Intermittent power loss at cruise. Removed fuel caps afte r landing and had normal power.

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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