# Accident 20240612017839A: Cessna A185F, Woodland, CA, June 12, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2024, 11:18 local time
- Place: Woodland, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6300° N, 121.8500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6300&lon=-121.8500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,496 total, 200 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240612017839A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED WHILE ON A RETURN FLIGHT FROM KSAC TO O41 AND AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1100FT. NORTH OF KDWA, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLOW UNEXPECTEDLY. PILOT RESPONDED BY ADVANCING THE THROTTLE WITH NO CHANGE AND ENSURED THAT THE MIXTURE WAS ALL THE WAY IN AND ADVANCED THE THROTTLE AGAIN WITH NO CHANGE AND THEN THE ENGINE QUIT. NO ABNORMAL NOISES OR ROUGH RUNNING WAS NOTED. PILOT STATED THAT THEY HAD COMPLETELY FUELED THE AIRCRAFT AT O41 PRIOR TO FLYING TO KSAC. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WISHED THEY HAD COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND TRIED THE AXILLARY FUEL PUMP.

## 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 WPR24LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA193), Jun 12, 2024: Cessna A185F (N8WF), Monument Hills, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined.

## Other reports on N8WF (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19991204045309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991204045309I), Dec 4, 1999: Cessna A185F (N8WF), Everett, WA, Minor damage. (-23)Aircraft landed at Paine field, WA. Pilot stated that he had green down and lock indications and on landing the float landing gear wheels collapsed. The…
- [Incident 19980603024749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980603024749I), Jun 3, 1998: Cessna A185F (N8WF), Everett, WA, Minor damage. Slowing for turnoff, main gear retracted. Pilot added power to clear runway damaging amphibian chine.

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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