# Accident 20050629014669A: Cessna 180, Redding, CA, June 29, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2005
- Place: Redding, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0528° N, 121.9667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0528&lon=-121.9667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2929C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2929C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050629014669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE WAS LANDING ON A DIRT STRIP LOCATED NEAR THE SHORELINE OF THE IRON CANYON RESERVOIR. DURING HIS FINAL APPROACH OVER THE RESERVOIR, HIS MAIN WHEELS MADE CONTACT WITH THE WATER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTACT THE WATER AND FLIPPING OVER ON ITS BACK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## 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 LAX05CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA219), Jun 29, 2005: Cessna 180A (N2929C), Big Bend, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot misjudged his clearance altitude above the surface of the lake, resulting in a collision with water.

## Other reports on N2929C (1)

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

- [Accident 20200719010589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200719010589A), Jul 19, 2020: Cessna 180 (N2929C), Bear Valley, AK, Substantial damage. On 7/19/20 at 1942HRS local N2929C sustained substantial damage after it nosed over on its back after landing on a mountain ridge in Bear Valley Alaska. The…

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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