# Accident 20021007028199A: Cessna 140, Santacatalina, CA, October 7, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2002, 13:52 local time
- Place: Santacatalina, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2500° N, 118.5000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2500&lon=-118.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90168, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90168-2018-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021007028199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTEDLY FISH SPOTTING AND CRASHED IN THE OCEAN OFF SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA AT 1352 PDT. THE AIRCRAFT SANK AND CONSIDERED DESTROYED. THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS RESCUED BY THE COAST GUARD AND TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 LAX03LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA003), Oct 7, 2002: Cessna 140 (N90168), Avalon, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude while maneuvering at low altitude. Factors were the pilot's fatigue and the distraction of trying to drop a message onto a boat.

## Other reports on N90168 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990727018279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990727018279I), Jul 27, 1999: Cessna 140 (N90168), New Castle, PA, Minor damage. (-5)Mr. Durner stated: while landing on runway 23 at the New Castle airport, New Castle, Pennsylvania (upc), he ground looped his CE-140, N90168. At…

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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