Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 2900; Flight Crew Type 100
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition
Aircraft
I had signed off the student pilot for initial Solo Cross Country Flight Training. After takeoff the student pilot suffered engine roughness with subsequent engine failure. The student elected to divert to another nearby airport for a successful emergency landing. No personal injury or aircraft damage resulted.
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A Student pilot lost power in the C-182 in which he was making his first solo cross country. He wisely elected to land at a suitable airport in the vicinity of the failure.