# NTSB LAX97WA194: Cessna 180, N9279C, Rancho Santa Yn, Mexico, May 19, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 19, 1997, 06:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place: Rancho Santa Yn, Mexico
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 29918
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX97WA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/29918/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97WA194

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9279C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9279C-2021-04-05), registration cancelled 2021-04-05, S/N 31378 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Lowell Schoonmaker

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported

## Other investigations on N9279C (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 CHI67F0630](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67F0630), Apr 1, 1967: Cessna 180 (N9279C), Manistique, MI, substantial damage

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.

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