# Incident 20000829041469I: Cessna 170B, Santaclarita, CA, August 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2000, 17:01 local time
- Place: Santaclarita, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3917° N, 118.5426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Clarita, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3917&lon=-118.5426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3590C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3590C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 210 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000829041469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE TO CPM FROM LHM WHEN THE VFR PILOT DESCENDED BELOW A CLOUD SHELF IN THE SANTA CLARITA AREA. HE COULD NOT PROCEED VFR, AND ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS WAS ILL SO HE CONTACTED THE VNY ATCT FOR ASSISTANCE. THEY COORDINATED WITH THE CHP, FOR A POSSIBLE LANDING ON FREEWAY 5. HOWEVER HE WAS ABLE TO LAND ON A STRIP BY THE SHERIFF'S HELIPORT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. THE PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED.

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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