# Incident 20170703013809I: Cessna 172E, Sidney, NE, July 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2017, 12:30 local time
- Place: Sidney, NE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1336° N, 102.9695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sidney, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1336&lon=-102.9695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3518S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3518S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 296 total, 236 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170703013809I

## Narrative

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

JULY 3, 2017 THE LINCOLN FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO) RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE PILOT OF CESSNA 172E, S/N: 17250718 (N3518S) OF AN INCIDENT IN SIDNEY, NEBRASKA (KSNY) AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT).

THE PILOT INFORMED THE AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR (ASI), THAT APPROXIMATELY 1230 ON JULY 3, 2017 HE DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 21R AT KSNY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT GROSS WEIGHT TAKEOFF, VISIBILITY WAS 10/CLR, TEMP 29° C, DEW POINT 12, ALTIMETER 3009, DENSITY ALTITUDE 6800, WINDS APPROXIMATELY 10KTS OUT OF THE SOUTH. AFTER LIFTOFF THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE JUST AFTER CROSSING THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY 13/21 AND INITIALLY CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 50FT AGL. THE STALL HORN BEGAN TO "CHIRP" AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB WITHOUT THE STALL HORN REMAINING ON STEADY. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS HOLDING ALTITUDE BUT NOT CLIMBING, IMMEDIATELY NOTICED HIGH-TENSION POWER LINES DIRECTLY IN THE FLIGHT PATH. THE PILOT MADE A 45 DEGREE TURN TO THE RIGHT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A WHEAT FIELD ADJACENT TO THE DEPARTING RUNWAY.

THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE WHEAT FIELD WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT A FENCE LINE WAS DIRECTLY IN THE LANDING PATH. THE PILOT APPLIED POWER, THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAR THE FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED WITH THE TOP OF A FENCE POST WITH THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT LANDED INTO THE NEXT WHEAT FIELD AND BROUGHT THE A/C TO A STOP. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT INFORMED THE ASI THAT NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED TO THE PASSENGER OR THE PILOT.

POST FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED ONE PROPELLER BLADE HAS A SLIGHT BEND IN THE OUTER 2 INCHES OF THE BLADE TIP AND SIGNS OF IMPACT WITH A FENCE POST. MINOR SCRATCHES ON THE RIGHT GEAR LEG NOTED AS A RESULT OF CONTACT WITH THE BARBED WIRE FENCE. NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON 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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