20161118018579I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182Q · Fresno, CA · November 18, 2016

Date
November 18, 2016 · 16:50 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N97578
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total186 in this make and model19 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.

While on takeoff climb out, the pilot reported engine was running rough with intermittent power lost and decided to make an emergency landing in a vacant field. Aircraft sustained only minor damage to the nose landing gear fairing.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ON TAKEOFF CLIMB OUT, THE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH WITH INTERMITTENT POWER LOST AND DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A VACANT FIELD. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAIRING.