# Incident 20250502010679I: Cessna 172G, Pacific Palisad, CA, May 2, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2025, 12:40 local time
- Place: Pacific Palisad, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3753L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3753L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 124 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250502010679I

## Narrative

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

MAY 02, 2025, APPROX. 1240, A CESSNA 172G, LANDED ON A GOLF COURSE IN PACIFIC PALISADES, CA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED TURLOCK AIRPORT (9CLO) AND WAS ENROUTE TO SANTA MONICA AIRPORT (SMO). PILOT STATED: DURING DECENT FROM 9,500 FEET TO 2,000 FEET HE REDUCED POWER. WHEN ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING MOMENTARILY, IT FAILED WITHIN SECONDS. HE THEN INITIATED AN ENGINE RESTART PROCEDURE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND PROCEEDED TO LAND ON THE GOLF COURSE.

THE GOLF COURSE IS LOCATED APPROX. 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SMO.

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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