# Incident 20020221003049I: Cessna 208B, Planada, CA, February 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2002, 13:50 local time
- Place: Planada, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UNIA
- Location: 37.2902° N, 120.3216° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Planada, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2902&lon=-120.3216&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121HA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121HA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114A
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020221003049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEB. 21, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 N121HA A CESSNA 208B, SER. NO 208B0069, OPERATING AS UNION FLIGHTS 537, WAS INVOLVED IN AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS FORCED LANDING WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH OF PLANADA, CA. N121HA PILOTED BY MR. SCOTT FOWLER DEPARTED SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL (SMF) ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN IN ROUTE TO FRESNO-YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL (FAT). 30 MINUTED AFTER DEPARTURE N121HA EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, MR. FOWLER'S ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN POWER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. A POWER OFF DESCENT WAS CONDUCTED IN VMC. AFTER PENETRATING A 800 FOOT SCATTERED CLOUD LAYER APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300 FT. THICK, MR. FOWLER COMPLETED AN OFF AIRPORT FORCED LANDING IN A WHEAT FIELD. ESTIMATED VISIBILITY IN THE AREA WAS 3 MILES IN FOG.

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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