# Accident 20060117000259A: Cessna 182P, Big Pine, CA, January 17, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2006, 21:00 local time
- Place: Big Pine, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0539° N, 118.2642° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0539&lon=-118.2642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6034J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6034J-2008-08-27) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060117000259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS, JANUARY 17, 2006, A GROUND WITNESS STATED THAT AN AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING LOW IN DARKNESS ON A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ADJACENT TO TILAHANA CAMP GROUND THEN CRASHED INTO A LARGE HILL AND BURST INTO FLAMES. THE LOCATION OF IMPACT WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 3,900 FEET MSL 6 MILES SOUTH OF BIG PINE AND 5 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 CALIFORNIA. DURING THE SITE INVESTIGATION IT APPEARS THAT THE LEFT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE TERRAIN FIRST BY THE INDICATIONS OF GROUND SIGNATURES. GPS LOCATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE IS IN POSSESSION OF THE NTSB.

## 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 LAX06FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA091), Jan 18, 2006: Cessna 182P (N6034J), Big Pine, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude during a cruise descent that resulted in controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). Factors in the accident were the rising…

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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