# Incident 20101205051959I: Cessna 180, Mountain View, AR, December 5, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2010, 12:20 local time
- Place: Mountain View, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8616° N, 92.1097° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain View, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8616&lon=-92.1097&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4940A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4940A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR CONT IO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,600 total, 250 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101205051959I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 5, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:20 CST, A CESSNA 180, N4940A, EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AS THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY OFF-AIRPORT LANDING ON A HIGHWAY.  THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK A POWER WIRE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TIP SECTION.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE ATP PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS (KAWM) WITH A PLANNED DESTINATION OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, ARKANSAS (7M2).

## Other reports on N4940A (1)

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

- [Accident 20000709010939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000709010939A), Jul 9, 2000: Cessna 180 (N4940A), St Cloud, MN, No damage. (-23) Pilot landed midway down runway 23 at st. Cloud regional airport. Claims that brake gabbed and pulled aircraft off runway. Lost control of aircraft…

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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