# Incident 20060910025759I: Cessna A185F, Wasco, CA, September 10, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2006, 07:00 local time
- Place: Wasco, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5938° N, 119.3671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5938&lon=-119.3671&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185SF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185SF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,150 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060910025759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED WATSONVILLE AIRPORT (WVI) EARLIER ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2006 AND ESTIMATED THAT HE HAD 2 HOURS OF FUEL IN THE TANKS. HE FLEW INTO COLINGA AIRPORT (C80 AND THEN TOWARDS SHAFTER AIRPORT BUT THE ENGINE QUIT APPROACHING WASCO CA AND HE LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD. NO INJURY OR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. NO RECORD OF PREVIOUS HISTORY TO SHOW SYSTEMIC COMPETENCY ISSUES. HIS FLIGHT REVIEW WAS EXPIRED 11 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE IS MAINTAINED BY CONDOR AVIATION AT SAN ANDREAS CA. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY^ STATED THAT HE RECENTLY HAD A NEW ENGINE AND PROPELLER INSTALLED ON THE AIRPLANE AND HE MUST HAVE UNDERESTIMATED THE FUEL CONSUMPTION OF THE NEW ENGINE. VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

## Other reports on N185SF (2)

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

- [Incident 19901130056909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901130056909I), Nov 30, 1990: Cessna S550 (N185SF), Columbus, GA, Minor damage. Right engine failed on takeoff. Aborted. Engine had a hole from combustion chamber explosion.
- [Incident 19880825049309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880825049309I), Aug 25, 1988: Cessna S550 (N185SF), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Engine spooled down in flight. Initiated shutdown and proceeded to Nashville airport. Found broken turbine blades.

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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