# Accident 20070801018159A: Cessna R172K, Goleta, CA, August 1, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2007, 19:42 local time
- Place: Goleta, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4354° N, 119.8589° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goleta, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4354&lon=-119.8589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758BJ-2010-01-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360KB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 350 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070801018159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 1, 2007, 1942 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA R172K, N758BJ, LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING ON A BLUFF ABOVE THE BEACH. ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AND BRUSH AT THE END OF THE FIELD ALONG THE EDGE OF A CLIFF. THE AIRCRAFT BROKE THROUGH THE TREE LINE. WITH NO AIRSPEED THE AIRCRAFT FELL FIFTY FEET TO THE BEACH BELOW. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, WHILE THE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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