# Accident 20050907022949A: Cessna 172RG, Catalina Islan, CA, September 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2005, 12:28 local time
- Place: Catalina Islan, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4806° N, 118.5850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4806&lon=-118.5850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9636B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9636B-2005-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05FA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA290) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050907022949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/7/2005 AT 1228 PST, CESSNA 172RG, N9636B, IMPACTED THE PACIFIC OCEAN APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES FROM WEST END POINT ON CATALINA ISLAND. TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD, ONE CONFIRMED FATALITY, THE SECOND OCCUPANT WAS NOT FOUND AND IS PRESUMED DECEASED. AIRCRAFT SANK TO A DEPTH OF APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET. MINOR DEBRIS WAS LOCATED TO INCLUDE LIFE JACKETS, FOAM AND INTERIOR MATERIAL, AND A TIRE. TWO FISHERMAN WERE WITNESSES TO THE EVENT, REPORTED AIRCRAFT WAS IN A 45 DEGREE ANGLE DIVE, IMPACTED THE WATER UNDER POWER AT APPROXIMATELY A 60 DEGREE ANGLE, REMAINED INTACT, AND SANK. SUBSEQUENT SEARCH OF THE AREA DID NOT HAVE SUCCESS IN LOCATING THE SECOND AIRCRAFT OCCUPANT OR THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 LAX05FA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05FA290), Sep 7, 2005: Cessna 172RG (N9636B), Avalon, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: an in-flight loss of control 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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