# Accident 20050127003729A: Cessna 182P, Chico, CA, January 27, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2005, 15:44 local time
- Place: Chico, CA
- Airport: Ranchaero Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7197° N, 121.8706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7197&lon=-121.8706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7337S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7337S-2006-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 872 total, 748 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050127003729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT FROM NOVATO, CA (DOV) TO RANCHAERO (O23) CHICO, CA. THE PILOT REPORTED LOSING POWER WHEN ON APPROACH AND CRASHED ONE MILE NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT INTO AN ORCHARD. NO INJURIES REPORTED WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT DEPARTED UNDER AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. SOME TIME DURING THE FLIGHT WEATHER IMPROVED SO THAT THE PILOT CANCELED THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN. HE THEN DESCENDED FROM 6,000 FEET TO ABOUT 1,000 TO 1,500 ON A LONG LOW MANEUVERING APPROACH TO THE UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. THE PILOT INDICATED HE HAD CARBURETOR HEAT ON DURING THIS TIME OF REDUCED POWER SETTING. THE PILOT STATED THAT ABOUT A MILE SHORT OF THE AIRPORTS THE ENGINE ABRUPTLY QUIT AND HE WAS TOO LOW TO ATTEMPT A RESTART OF THE ENGINE.

## 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 LAX05LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA077), Jan 27, 2005: Cessna 182P (N7337S), Chico, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during approach to land for undetermined reasons.

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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