# Incident 20180902015589I: Cessna 177RG, Walnut Ridge, AR, September 2, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2018, 09:45 local time
- Place: Walnut Ridge, AR
- Airport: Walnut Ridge Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1247° N, 90.9251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALNUT RIDGE RGNL (ARG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1247&lon=-90.9251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1821Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1821Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180902015589I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/02/2018 AT 0945 CDT, N1821Q, A CESSNA CE-177RG AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A LOW TIME CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT FOR THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT FLEW FROM WALNUT RIDGE (ARG) TO THE AREA OF GRUBBS, ARKANSAS. UPON RETURN, HE WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT WALNUT RIDGE REGIONAL AIPORT (ARG) ON RUNWAY 13, AND DURING THIRD TOUCH AND GO THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND QUIT, PILOT COULD NOT MAKE RUNWAY AND ELECTED TO LAND IN FIELD AND WENT THROUGH A DITCH, BROKE NOSE LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. PILOT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

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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