Narrative:

While in cruise flight at 6;500 MSL I experienced a loss of engine power followed by a loud knocking coming from the engine. I had received VFR flight following and was currently with approach/departure. I [requested priority handling] with ATC and notified them I had lost engine power and was unable to maintain altitude. The weather was severe clear and with no ceilings and with calm winds reporting. I was approximately 10 to 12 NM south of the VOR and I had the airport in sight. I realized that I would have no difficulty gliding to the airport; in fact I needed to lose some altitude so that I could make a straight in approach to runway 35. In the descent I notified ATC of souls on board and remaining fuel; as well as copied a phone number from ATC to call once I had landed.as I got lower and closer I requested a frequency change to CTAF and ATC advised me there were two aircraft near the field. After switching to CTAF I made several traffic calls with no response from other traffic. Using s-turns and the forward slip maneuver I managed to lose enough altitude to land straight in. Upon landing I was able to keep enough momentum to taxi the aircraft clear of all runways and taxiways safely without incident. The engine continued to run at idle with a loud knock until I pulled the mixture and shut it down once I was on the ground. After engine shutdown on the ground and I called the phone number received by ATC and reported that we made a safe landing and that I was clear of the runway without any incident. They took my name and phone number in case they had any other questions for me at a later time. They did not request a report or anything further from me. Post flight of the aircraft showed no visible exterior damage or anomalies.

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Title: C182 pilot reported an engine failure resulting in a glide to a nearby airport and successful landing.

Narrative: While in cruise flight at 6;500 MSL I experienced a loss of engine power followed by a loud knocking coming from the engine. I had received VFR flight following and was currently with Approach/Departure. I [requested priority handling] with ATC and notified them I had lost engine power and was unable to maintain altitude. The weather was severe clear and with no ceilings and with calm winds reporting. I was approximately 10 to 12 NM south of the VOR and I had the airport in sight. I realized that I would have no difficulty gliding to the airport; in fact I needed to lose some altitude so that I could make a straight in approach to Runway 35. In the descent I notified ATC of souls on board and remaining fuel; as well as copied a phone number from ATC to call once I had landed.As I got lower and closer I requested a frequency change to CTAF and ATC advised me there were two aircraft near the field. After switching to CTAF I made several traffic calls with no response from other traffic. Using s-turns and the forward slip maneuver I managed to lose enough altitude to land straight in. Upon landing I was able to keep enough momentum to taxi the aircraft clear of all runways and taxiways safely without incident. The engine continued to run at idle with a loud knock until I pulled the mixture and shut it down once I was on the ground. After engine shutdown on the ground and I called the phone number received by ATC and reported that we made a safe landing and that I was clear of the runway without any incident. They took my name and phone number in case they had any other questions for me at a later time. They did not request a report or anything further from me. Post flight of the aircraft showed no visible exterior damage or anomalies.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.