# Accident 19950507009799A: Cessna 172A, Colusa, CA, May 7, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1995, 12:30 local time
- Place: Colusa, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2705° N, 122.0507° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2705&lon=-122.0507&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7358T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7358T-2021-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172A (registry code 2072404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Reported engine: CONT O300C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX95LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950507009799A

## Narrative

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

SURVEYING FLOODED RICE FIELD ACCIDENTLY FLEW INTO WATER SURFACE. FLIPPED OVER. LACKED RECENT FLIGHT TIME.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX95LA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA181), May 7, 1995: Cessna 172A (N7358T), Colusa, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's selection of an inadequate en route cruise altitude for the aerial observation flight, and his failure to identify and stop an inadvertent descent while flying over flooded terrain at a…

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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