# Incident 20040226016609I: Cessna 180K, Clarksburg, CA, February 26, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2004, 08:45 local time
- Place: Clarksburg, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4193° N, 121.5416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarksburg, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4193&lon=-121.5416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180KR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 150 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040226016609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT RADIOED IN WITH LOSS OF POWER AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING IN CROSSWINDS USING A SERVICE ROAD ALONG AN ABANDONED RAILROAD TRACK. AT THE FINAL MOMENTS OF THE ROLLOUT CROSSWIND WEATHERVANED THE AIRCRAFT AND IT ROLLED DOWN THE ROAD BANK INTO MUD. NO DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING/ROLLOUT. AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED WITHOUT DAMAGE. ALL FUEL CONTROL CABLES, AIR BOX AND CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROLS APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMAL, EXHAUST/EXHAUST CARB. HEAT MANIFOLDS APPEARED NORMAL. ADEQUATE FUEL ON BOARD AND FUEL FILTER FLOWED ADEQUATELY. FUEL SAMPLE FROM WING QUICK DRAIN WAS CLEAR WITH NO MOISTURE EVIDENT. A MAINTENANCE TEAM FROM EXECUTIVE AIR REPAIR WAS ENROUTE. MECHANIC REMOVED CARBURETOR AFTER ENGINE TROUBLESHOOTING. TEAR DOWN DISCOVERED SMALL SILICON DEBRIS IN CARBURETOR BOWL.

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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