# Accident 20080502832929A: Cessna 175A, Sacramento, CA, May 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2008, 12:15 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5167° N, 121.5000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5167&lon=-121.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7059E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7059E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080502832929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM RIO LINDA AIRPORT ENROUTE TO OREGON. CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET AND THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND RPM STARTED TO DROP. PILOT SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE COWLING AND STARTED TO LOOK FOR SOME PLACE TO LAND. HE SELECTED A GRAVEL ROAD NEAR GARDEN HIGHWAY. HE LANDED ON THE GRAVEL ROAD AND THE WINGS BEGAN STRIKING TREES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT EVENTUALLY DEPARTED THE GRAVEL ROAD AND CAME TO REST IN A FIELD NEXT TO THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR TO THE PASSENGER. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WINGS LEADING EDGE. THE WESTERN PACIFIC COMMAND POST WAS NOTIFIED AS WAS THE NTSB. THE NTSB RELEASED THE DAMAGED AIRCRAFT TO THE OWNER.

## 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 LAX08LA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA128), May 2, 2008: Cessna 175A (N7059E), Rio Linda, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to detonation. Contributing to the accident was trees in the landing area.

## Other reports on N7059E (2)

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

- [Accident 20011120031049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011120031049A), Nov 20, 2001: Cessna 175A (N7059E), Fairhope, AL, No damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he landed downwind on short, wet, grass airstrip. Landed long - had to intentionally ground loop aircraft to avoid highway traffic…
- [Accident 19751218040279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751218040279A), Dec 18, 1975: Cessna 175A (N7059E), Fair Oaks, CA, Substantial damage. Hand propped eng,starter inop. Acft not tied dwn. Hit t-craft N49000,substl dmg.

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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