# Incident 20150715010909I: Cessna 180, North Highlands, CA, July 15, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2015, 10:25 local time
- Place: North Highlands, CA
- Airport: Mcclellan Airfield
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6676° N, 121.4006° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN AIRFIELD (MCC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6676&lon=-121.4006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N708MT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N708MT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470-A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150715010909I

## Narrative

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

EON REPORT INDICATED ON 7/15/2015 N708MT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT MCCLELLAN AIRFIELD CA.

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT IN QUESTION STATED THAT HE HAD A LOSS OF POWER WHILE IN A LOW POWER DECENT AND DECIDED TO LAND AT MCCLELLAN AIRFIELD. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

HE BELIEVES THE CAUSE MIGHT BE ICE IN THE CARBURETOR OF THE AIRCRAFT.

HE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT INSPECTED ALL THE SYSTEMS OF THE AIRCRAFT STARTED THE ENGINE, DEPARTED AND CONTINUED TO HIS ORIGINAL DESTINATION WITH NO MALFUNCTIONS.

WHEN ASKED IF HIS AIRCRAFT HAS OPERATED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT HE REPLIED YES.

BASED ON THE KNOWN INFORMATION THIS INCIDENT IS BEING CHANGED TO AN OCCURRENCE AND AN OCCURRENCE REPORT WILL BE OPENED. OCCURRANCE # OWP2520150010

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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