# Accident 20161118016449A: Cessna 172N, Half Moon Bay, CA, November 18, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2016, 11:20 local time
- Place: Half Moon Bay, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5200° N, 122.5114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5200&lon=-122.5114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6610D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6610D-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,145 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161118016449A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 18, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1118 PDT, N6610D, A CESSNA 172N 17272897, CRASHED IN HALF MOON BAY/MOSS BEACH, CALIFORNIA WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE HALF MOON BAY AIRPORT (HAF).

## 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 WPR17FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA023), Nov 18, 2016: Cessna 172N (N6610D), Moss Beach, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control following an encounter with low level wind shear and turbulence during final approach for landing. Contributing to the loss of control was the pilot's decision to…

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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