# Accident 20050731016699A: Cessna A150M, July 31, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2005
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9667° N, 122.6833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9667&lon=-122.6833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8166V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8166V-2007-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150M (registry code 2071831, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 326 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050731016699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE FLEW INTO A BOXED CANYON, GOT INTO SOME DOWNDRAFTS AND LACKED THE POWER TO CLIMB AND DID NOT HAVE THE ROOM TO TURN AROUND. HE STATED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. STRICTLY PILOT ERROR.

## 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 LAX05CA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA257), Jul 31, 2005: Cessna A150M (N8166V), Trinity Center, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to select an adequate altitude, which would assure clearance from the mountainous terrain while flying into a box canyon in high density altitude conditions.

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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