# Accident 20050914022849A: Cessna 177RG, Cadiz, KY, September 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2005, 14:55 local time
- Place: Cadiz, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8626° N, 87.8166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cadiz, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8626&lon=-87.8166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35552, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35552-2013-07-22) (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 IO360A1D6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050914022849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N35552, A CESSNA 177RG, ENROUTE TO HOPKINSVILLE CHRISTIAN COUNTY AIRPORT (HVC) REPORTED ENGINE SURGING AND ASKED CAMPBELL APPROACH FOR VECTORS TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO LAKE BARKLEY STATE PARK AIRPORT (1M9) AT CADIZ, KY. IT LANDED 2.5 MILES SHORT OF THE AIRPORT AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A HARD LANDING IN A FIELD WITH DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, FUSELAGE, AND PROPELLER. THREE PEOPLE ON BOARD, 2 WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N35552 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780618046509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780618046509I), Jun 18, 1978: Cessna 177RG (N35552), Abilene, TX, Minor damage. Main gear actuator rod and bearing failed causing pilot to land gear 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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