# Accident 20080707841889A: Cessna 140, Goffs, CA, July 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2008, 06:45 local time
- Place: Goffs, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9192° N, 115.0628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goffs, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9192&lon=-115.0628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2421V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2421V-2013-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 90 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080707841889A

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE CRUISING AT 6500 FEET, THE ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY EMERGENCY LANDING ON TRAFFIC FREE.  GOFFS ROAD.  US INTERSTATE 15, INTERSECTS GOFFS ROAD AT 1/8 MILE AWAY.  THE LANDING OCCURRED AT A NON POPULATED REMOTE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERT LOCATION.

## 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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