<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1094864, May 2013

C182 pilot climbing out over the airport with skydivers experiences a partial loss of engine power and glides back after declaring an emergency.

Attributes
ACN	1094864
Time
Date	201305
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Other Part 105
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Reciprocating Engine Assembly
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 260 Flight Crew Type 10
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

While climbing over the airport; partial loss of engine power occurred at 6;000 feet. I declared an emergency engine out and stated my intention to land. At pilot's discretion I idled the engine and landed without incident. No damage to persons or property.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C182 pilot climbing out over the airport with skydivers experiences a partial loss of engine power and glides back after declaring an emergency.

Narrative: While climbing over the airport; partial loss of engine power occurred at 6;000 feet. I declared an emergency engine out and stated my intention to land. At pilot's discretion I idled the engine and landed without incident. No damage to persons or property.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.