# Incident 20060507010199I: Cessna 177, Selmer, TN, May 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2006, 07:30 local time
- Place: Selmer, TN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1706° N, 88.5951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Selmer, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1706&lon=-88.5951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2985X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2985X) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 3,500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060507010199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IN FLIGHT FROM COVINGTON, TN TO SELMER, TN; ENGINE RPM SUDDENLY DROPPED TO 1800 RPMS AND COULD NOT BE CHANGED. THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE CONTROLS. DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED IN A FIELD BETWEEN MCNAIRY AND HARDEMAN COUNTY LINES IN TN. THE WEATHER WAS VFR. MECHANIC CHECKED OUT AIRCRAFT AND FOUND A BOLT MISSING ON THE YOKE OF THE CARBURETOR THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THIS WAS A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH PILOT AND WIFE.

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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