# Incident 20101219052999I: Cessna 182P, Garland, TX, December 19, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2010, 15:43 local time
- Place: Garland, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9126° N, 96.6389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9126&lon=-96.6389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21140, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 650 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/20101219052999I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 19, 2010  AT 1543 CDT LOCAL, A CESSNA C-182 ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM MESQUITE, TX (HQZ) TO ADDISON, TX (ADS) EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS AND BACKFIRING WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT OVER GARLAND, TX. THE PILOT IN COMMAND ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.

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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