# Incident 20110510008419I: Cessna 172S, Missoula, MT, May 10, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2011, 18:20 local time
- Place: Missoula, MT
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8721° N, 113.9940° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Missoula, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8721&lon=-113.9940&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5332V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5332V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 37 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110510008419I

## Narrative

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

ON  MAY 10, 2011, AN AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO MINUTEMAN AVIATION WITH A REGISTRATION NUMBER OF 5332V CESSNA 172S, S/N 172S9341 MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN WHEAT FIELD IN MISSOULA MONTANA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY DAMAGE. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PERFORMED AND THERE WERE SOME SIGNS, ON THE NOSE STRUT THAT SOMETHING CAME IN CONTACT WITH IT. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR  AND RIGHT ELEVATOR ALSO INDICATED THAT SOMETHING WAS RUBBING ON IT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEILED THAT AN ELECTRICAL CABLE WAS FOUND NEAR THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE PILOT, STATED THAT HE DEPARTED MSO AT APPROXIMENTALY 1800 HRS ON MAY 10, 2011. HE STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CLARK RIVER WITH 3 PASSENGERS. HE THEN STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE RIVER HE FELT THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT. HE SAID THAT IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS HOLDING BACK THE AIRCRAFT. HE THEN DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO THE AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO LOSE AIRSPEED AND THEN HE THOUGHT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAW A FIELD AND PERFROMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING.IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO AN ELECTRICAL CABLE THAT WAS STRUNG ACROSS THE RIVER

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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