# Incident 20251108020529I: Cessna 177B, Ludington, MI, November 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2025, 15:00 local time
- Place: Ludington, MI
- Airport: Mason County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9625° N, 86.4079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON COUNTY (LDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9625&lon=-86.4079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22177, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1F6D (registry code 42253, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1f6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1F6D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 571 total, 160 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251108020529I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/08/2025 AT 1500 LOCAL TIME A CESSNA 177, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER 2 MILES WEST OF THE MASON COUNTY AIRPORT (LDM), LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE IN CRUSE FLIGHT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH THEN LOST ALL POWER. THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY OFF FIELD LANDING AS HE FELT HE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO MAKE IT TO LDM. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A TALL GRASS FIELD NEAR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED TO THE MASON COUNTY AIRPORT FOR REPAIR.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOW ONLY MINOR LEFT WING LEADING EDGE AND TIP DAMAGE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE BELIEVES HE SUSTAINED CARBURETOR ICING DURING THE FLIGHT CAUSING THE LOSS OF POWER.

WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS: KLDM 081915Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM OVC037 04/M04 A2990 RMK AO2.

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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