# Incident 20170610009359I: Cessna 182R, San Marcos, TX, June 10, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2017, 12:05 local time
- Place: San Marcos, TX
- Airport: San Marcos Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8927° N, 97.8630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN MARCOS RGNL (HYI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8927&lon=-97.8630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5412N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5412N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170610009359I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM HYI AT APPROXIMATELY 12:04 CST. AT 1400 MSL, TURNED LEFT ON COURSE, THEN REDUCED POWER TO 25" MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND 2500 RPM. AT 2000 FEET MSL, PILOT REDUCED THE PROP AND HEARD THE ENGINE MAKE AN UNUSUAL NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT OVER REVVED. ENGINE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE POWER. PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY TO SAN MARCOS TOWER, CIRCLED AND LANDED IN A CORN FIELD. PILOT TURNED OFF ENGINE, PULLED FUEL SHUTOFF AND TURNED OFF MASTER POWER. NO POST CRASH FIRE. APPROXIMATELY 28 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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