# Incident 20210130000409I: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Murfreesboro, TN, January 30, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2021, 10:15 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8456° N, 86.3903° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murfreesboro, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8456&lon=-86.3903&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162HG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N162HG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 4 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210130000409I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/30/2021, RICHARD RANDOLPH ("RAN") POWERS, JR WAS ACTING AS THE PIC OF N162HG WHEN HE STATED HE LOST POWER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. THE PIC STATED HE PULLED THE CARBURETOR HEAT A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO THE POWER LOSS EVENT AND IT RESPONDED AS NORMAL. THE PILOT STATED HE FAILED TO REENGAGE CARBURETOR HEAT ONCE POWER WAS LOST. THE PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE THE POSITION OF THE THROTTLE AFTER POWER WAS LOST AND IT HAD NO EFFECT OR CHANGE IN RPMS OF THE ENGINE. HE STATED HE ELECTED TO FLY THE PLANE AND LAND IN A FIELD AS HE WAS ONLY 2,000FT AGL AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COUNSELED ON CHECKLIST PROCEDURES. NO REGULATORY VIOLATION WAS FOUND.

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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