# Incident 20140930020479I: Cessna 182H, Heber Springs, AR, September 30, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2014, 18:00 local time
- Place: Heber Springs, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4996° N, 92.0293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heber Springs, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4996&lon=-92.0293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1974X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1974X-2018-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,600 total, 630 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140930020479I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 LOCAL, A CESSNA 182H, SERIAL NUMBER 18256074, REGISTRATION NUMBER N1974X WAS DESCENDING TO HEBER SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (HBZ), HEBER SPRINGS, AR, WHEN THE AIRLINE TRANSPORTATION RATED PILOT REPORTED HE COULD NOT GET THE HBZ RUNWAY LIGHTS TO COME ON. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, HE DECIDED TO DIVERT TO CLINTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CCA), CLINTON, AR, AND CLIMBED TO 3000'. SHORTLY AFTER ACHIEVING 3000', THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND NO CHANGE IN THE FUEL SELECTION VALVE REMEDIED THE SITUATION.  THE ENGINE BEGAN TO CUT OUT AND THE PILOT CIRCLED THE AIRCRAFT OVER FAIRFIELD BAY LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAND.  HE DETERMINED DITCHING THE AIRCRAFT INTO GREERS FERRY LAKE WAS THE BEST OPTION, SO HE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN ONTO THE WATER ABOUT 1500' FROM SHORE. THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED LONG ENOUGH FOR THE PILOT TO EGRESS AND DETERMINE THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINIMAL IMPACT DAMAGE BEFORE HE SWAM TO SHORE.  THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ONBOARD AND RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FYE IN SOMERVILLE, TN, AND WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

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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