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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177B · Leesville, LA · June 7, 2005

Date: June 7, 2005 · 10:30 local
Place: Leesville, LA
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N34766
Reported as: Cessna 177B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total900 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N34766Registered now · Cessna 177BS/N 17701991 Airframe modelCessna 177B Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot experienced rough running engine on Friday, June 3, 2005, and made a precautionary landing at ft. polk, LA. Aircraft was worked on by a civilian mechanic over the weekend and the pilot departed VFR on Tuesday, June 7, 2005, enroute nacodoches, TX. Shortly after takeoff, engine began running rough again and the pilot decided to land at Leesville airport, Leesville, LA. During approach for landing, engine failed completely and pilot was forced to land in a field, one to two miles short of the airport. Aircraft sustained minor damage to one of the wheel pants and the pilot was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2005, AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT FT. POLK, LA. AIRCRAFT WAS WORKED ON BY A CIVILIAN MECHANIC OVER THE WEEKEND AND THE PILOT DEPARTED VFR ON TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2005, ENROUTE NACODOCHES, TX. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AGAIN AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT LEESVILLE AIRPORT, LEESVILLE, LA. DURING APPROACH FOR LANDING, ENGINE FAILED COMPLETELY AND PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A FIELD, ONE TO TWO MILES SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE WHEEL PANTS AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.