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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177B · Spring Hill, KS · April 22, 2014

Date
April 22, 2014 · 18:50 local
Place
Spring Hill, KS
Airport
N/A
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N110PF
Reported as
Cessna 177B
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,440 total8 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot departed winfield, KS (wld) on a VFR flight, to olathe, KS (ojc). About 15 miles southwest of ojc, the engine lost power. He landed in a field next to a private air strip near Spring Hill, KS. With no damage or injuries. Investigation revealed contaminated fuel in the right fuel tank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED WINFIELD, KS (WLD) ON A VFR FLIGHT, TO OLATHE, KS (OJC). ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OJC, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. HE LANDED IN A FIELD NEXT TO A PRIVATE AIR STRIP NEAR SPRING HILL, KS. WITH NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CONTAMINATED FUEL IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK.