# Incident 20170703012299I: Beech 77, Fort Meade, FL, July 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2017, 09:40 local time
- Place: Fort Meade, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7648° N, 81.8042° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Meade, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7648&lon=-81.8042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18328 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 77
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,364 total, 219 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170703012299I

## Narrative

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

WHILE CONDUCTING PIPELINE PATROL OPERATIONS AT 500' AGL THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE FIRST DROP IN POWER WAS FROM 2400 T0 2100 RPMS, THEN A SLIGHT INCREASE AND THEN BACK DOWN TO 2100. BY THE TIME THE PILOT COMPLETED THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER CHECK LIST THE RPMS HAD DROPED TO 1800. DUE TO THE LOW ENGINE RPMS THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH BARTOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KBOW) AT APPROXIMATELY 300' AGL TO INFORM THEM OF THE SITUATION.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD ON A DIRT ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.

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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