# Accident 20250814013309A: Cessna 180K, Anza, CA, August 14, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2025, 16:00 local time
- Place: Anza, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5216° N, 116.7961° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5216&lon=-116.7961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2691K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2691K-2026-09-15) (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: 710 total, 612 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA255) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250814013309A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 14, 2025, A CESSNA 180 AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETING THE FINAL LEG OF A FLIGHT FROM COLUMBIA, CA (O22) TO YAKIMA, WA, AT 9,500 FEET. DUE TO A MARINE LAYER OVER THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF LAKE WOHLFORD (8CL1), THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO LAKE RIVERSIDE ESTATES (54CL).

THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 28 AT 4,400 FEET AND CONDUCTED A STABILIZED APPROACH AT APPROXIMATELY 60 KNOTS. A GROUND WITNESS CONFIRMED THE STABILITY OF THE APPROACH AND LANDING. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT TOWARD THE RUNWAY SHOULDER. CORRECTIVE RUDDER INPUTS WERE INEFFECTIVE, AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED.

THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND EXITED THROUGH THE PASSENGER DOOR WITH ASSISTANCE FROM ANOTHER PILOT ON SCENE. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY USING A TRACTOR, AND FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM BOTH TANKS.

INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE: THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER THE FUSELAGE, THE LEFT WING SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION WRINKLES, AND THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING SEPARATION OF THE RIGHT MAIN MOUNT LANDING GEAR FIXTURE, WAS PHOTOGRAPHED ON SUBSEQUENT WALK-AROUND BY THE PILOT.

## 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 WPR25LA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA255), Aug 14, 2025: Cessna 180K (N2691K), Anza, CA, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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