# Accident 20080701841759A: Cessna 177, Rhinelander, WI, July 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2008, 12:30 local time
- Place: Rhinelander, WI
- Airport: Rhinelander-Oneida County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6311° N, 89.4675° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6311&lon=-89.4675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2295Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2295Y) (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 O360A1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 20 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080701841759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ARRIVED AT KRHI; TOPPED OFF THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS; LEFT THE AIRCRAFT UNLOCKED AND UNATTENDED FOR A SHORT WHILE; AND THEN HAD PLANNED TO DEPART EAST ON THEIR FLIGHT BACK TO MILLERBURG, MI.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID AN ENGINE RUN-UP AND DEPARTED RUNWAY 27.  WHILE IN A CLIMBING TURN TOWARD THE EAST, THE PILOT STATED HAD REDUCED POWER AND THE LOST ENGINE POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN THE PILOT CHEDK THE FUEL MIXTURE, APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, AND PLANNED A RETURN TO RUNWAY 27 AT KRHI.  REALIZING THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT REACH THE AIRPORT, THE PILOT SELECTED A SOCCER FIELD, JUST EAST OF RUNWAY 27, AS HIS EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE EDGE OF ONE SOCCER FIELD, CROSSED OVER A DIRT BERM DIVIDING THE TWO FIELDS, AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE SECOND FIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI08CA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA188), Jul 1, 2008: Cessna 177A (N2295Y), Rhinelander, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. A factor was the berm encountered during the forced landing.

## Other reports on N2295Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19870902056099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870902056099A), Sep 2, 1987: Cessna 177 (N2295Y), Genoa, IL, Substantial damage. Damage indicates a stall on final caused hard landing short of unlighted runway. No engine malfunction.

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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