# Incident 20220323004139I: Cessna 182R, Seeley, CA, March 23, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2022, 10:40 local time
- Place: Seeley, CA
- Airport: Imperial County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8342° N, 115.5787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IMPERIAL COUNTY (IPL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8342&lon=-115.5787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6117E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6117E) (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 O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220323004139I

## Narrative

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

ON 03/23/2022, N6117E A CESSNA 182 MADE A EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER A LOSS ENGINE POWER AIRCRAFT LANDED ON DUNAWAY ROAD WEST OF SEELEY, CALIFORNIA, THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED.  DURING THE LANDING THE PILOT HIT A CHAIN THAT WAS USED TO CLOSE OFF THE ROAD FROM TRAFFIC.

PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST POWER WHILE AT CRUISE ALTITUDE AND COULD NOT REGAIN POWER, HE OPTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON DUNAWAY ROAD AND HIT A CHAIN DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT WHICH WAS USED TO CLOSE OFF THE ROAD TO TRAFFIC.

AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE FROM THE HIT TO THE CHAIN WHICH WRAPPED AROUND THE PROPELLER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND THE PROPELLER.

AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO IMPERIAL AIRPORT (IPL) AND HAS HAD NO MAINTENANCE TO THE AIRCRAFT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUE WAS.

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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