# Incident 20160220020209I: Cessna 180A, St Catherines I, GA, February 20, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: St Catherines I, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.6569° N, 81.1515° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Catherines Island, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6569&lon=-81.1515&mi=10
- Aircraft: N620MM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N620MM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 K SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160220020209I

## Narrative

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

DURING AN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT, SOUTH OF SAVANNAH, GA THE PILOT SUDDENLY FELT AIRCRAFT LOOSE POWER. PILOT QUICKLY PICKED A POINT OUT TO LAND AND PROCEDED TO LAND ON A GRASS STRIP ON AN ISLAND. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO DAMAGE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N620MM (1)

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

- [Incident 20140726016119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140726016119I), Jul 26, 2014: Cessna 180A (N620MM), Burlington, VT, Minor damage. Upon landing the Cessna 180A (tail dragger) on runway 19 at the burligton international airport Vermont about 1150 on July 7th 2014, pilot indicated he sensed…

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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