# Accident 19950603040139A: Cessna 180F, Cartago, CA, June 3, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1995, 11:00 local time
- Place: Cartago, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3052° N, 118.0272° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cartago, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3052&lon=-118.0272&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2198Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2198Z-1996-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180F (registry code 2072614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180F
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX95LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950603040139A

## Narrative

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

LOW PASS OVER REMOTE HIGH ALTITUDE STRIP. FAILED TO CLEAR TREES ON GO AROUND. BLAMED DOWNDRAFT. ELEVATION 8500 ASL.

## 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 LAX95LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX95LA201), Jun 3, 1995: Cessna 180F (N2198Z), Cartago, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inflight decision to attempt a low pass over a mountain airstrip at a high density alitude atmospheric condition, and, his failure to retract the flaps during the climb-out from the pass.…

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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