# Accident 20191231019759A: Cessna 175, Elk, CA, December 31, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2019, 15:04 local time
- Place: Elk, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1286° N, 123.7158° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1286&lon=-123.7158&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7095M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7095M-2020-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 186 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191231019759A

## Narrative

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

PILOT UTILIZING PRIVATE MOWED STRIP TO PRACTICE POWER OFF LANDING APPROACH. STEADY 8 KNOT HEADWIND DISSIPATED AS AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BEHIND A SMALL RISE. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY POWER, LACK OF HEADWIND CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE TO DESCEND. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND 15FT LEFT OF STRIP CENTERLINE. IMPROVISED RUNWAY IS A MOWED STRIP APPROXIMATELY 30FT WIDE BY 1500 FT LONG AND A DIRECTION OF 32/14. UPON IMPACT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER LEFT DUE TO CONTACT WITH HIGH BRUSH. THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF APPROXIMATELY 80 FT INTO GROUND ROLL. AT THIS TIME THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED AND CAME TO REST ON ITS LEFT SIDE WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR BENT 90 DEGREES FORWARD. THE RIGHT WING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AT THE WING ROOT. THE FUSELAGE WAS DAMAGED AT THE ENGINE MOUNT ATTACH POINT. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 WPR20CA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA055), Dec 31, 2019: Cessna 175 (N7095M), Elk, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to arrest the descent rate during an aborted simulated engine-out approach, which resulted in impact with vegetation and a subsequent cartwheel.

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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