# Accident 20230113000609A: Cessna 180K, Agua Claiente S, CA, January 13, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2023, 11:00 local time
- Place: Agua Claiente S, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2875K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2875K-2024-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230113000609A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED HE WAS ANNOUNCING HIS POSITION ON 122.9 AND LANDING ON RUNWAY 29. NOTICING A LIMP WINDSOCK AND CHECKING RUNWAY CONDITIONS (COYOTES AND EVEN KIDS ON BICYCLES) AND ANNOUNCING AGAIN HIS POSITON LINDED UP ON THE RUNWAY 29. WHEN HE WAS ALMOST AT TOUCHDOWN HE NOTICED ANOTHER AIRCRAFT (KIT FOX) ON A STRAINGHT IN LANDING AT OPPISITE RUNWAY. TO AVOID COLLISION THE PILOT APPLIED POWER AN CLIMBED LEFT. THE WING STALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INVERTED ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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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