# Incident 20080801843699I: Cessna 177RG, Fort Scott, KS, August 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2008, 14:57 local time
- Place: Fort Scott, KS
- Airport: Fort Scott Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7984° N, 94.7694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SCOTT MUNI (FSK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7984&lon=-94.7694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7592V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7592V) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 171 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080801843699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 1, 2008 AT 14:57 CDT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRIVATE PILOT OPERATING A CESSNA C177RG MAKE MODEL AIRCRAFT ON A PART 91 IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM ADDISON, TX (KADS) TO LEE'S SUMMIT, MO, (KLXT) DIVERTED TO FORT SCOTT, KANSAS, (FSK) DUE TO SEVERAL MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES REPORTED BY THE PILOT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE HEARD A LOUD ELECTRICAL NOISE FROM HIS HEAD SET, THE AIRCRAFT AVIONICS EQUIPMENT DISCONTINUED TO WORK, AND THE GARMIN 430 GPS WENT INTO RESET MODE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO REPORTED THAT HE SMELLED ELECTRICAL FUMES IN THE AIR, AND THAT THE ALTERNATOR INDICATOR WAS ACTING IRREGULAR.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED KANSAS CITY CENTER, AND INFORMED THEM OF HIS EMERGENCY SITUATION.  AFTER THAT, KANSAS CITY CENTER INSTRUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO CHANGE TO ANOTHER RADIO FREQUENCY FOR INSTRUCTION, BUT THE AIRCRAFT RADIO FAILED TO TRANSMIT BACK; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE COULD HEAR THEM, BUT THEY COULD NOT HEAR HIM.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN TURNED HIS TRANSPONDER TO 7600, WHICH CLARIFIES TO AIR TRAFFIC THAT HE HAS LOST TWO WAY COMMUNICATION AND LANDED AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT WHICH WAS FORT SCOTT MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FSK) IN FORT SCOTT, KANSAS, WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N7592V (3)

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

- [Accident 20131201024579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131201024579A), Dec 1, 2013: Cessna 177RG (N7592V), Richland, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot[privacy data omitted] was flying into rld and landed gear up. He had the part onboard to fix the airplane, as he had been experiencing landing gear…
- [Incident 20111216029789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111216029789I), Dec 16, 2011: Cessna 177RG (N7592V), Addison, TX, No damage. Pilot stated that he was solo, practicing his night takeoffs and landings for his proficiency under part 91. While landing he saw movement that appeared to be…
- [Incident 20020911024709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020911024709I), Sep 11, 2002: Cessna 177RG (N7592V), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On September 11, 2002, at 0903 central daylight time, a Cessna model 177RG, N7592V, sustained minor damage when it encountered a gear-up landing on rwy…

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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