39.1237° N, 121.6054° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SUTTER COUNTY (O52), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 15, 2004 · 10:40 local
Place
Yuba City, CA
Airport
Sutter County Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGTKX
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) After making an unplanned off airport landing, pilot elected to take off. The pilot subsequently made contact with a pole and was unable to continue climb. Aircraft contacted the ground and was destroyed by fire. The pilot was killed in the fire.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AFTER MAKING AN UNPLANNED OFF AIRPORT LANDING, PILOT ELECTED TO TAKE OFF. THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY MADE CONTACT WITH A POLE AND WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE CLIMB. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE PILOT WAS KILLED IN THE FIRE.