# Accident 20250703013469A: Cessna 170A, Choctaw Valley, CA, July 3, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2025, 06:43 local time
- Place: Choctaw Valley, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4486° N, 118.8872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Choctaw Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4486&lon=-118.8872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1776D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1776D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250703013469A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 3, 2025, A CESSNA 170 LOSS CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING AN OFF-RUNWAY LANDING APPROXIMATELY 19 MILES EAST OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, AT COORDINATES 35.4668° N, 118.8663° W. THE LANDING OCCURRED ON UNEVEN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN THAT WASN’T INTENDED FOR AVIATION OPERATIONS. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT,  SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY MEDICAL AIR EVACUATION. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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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