Cessna 177B N35058

Summary

On 17 June 2006 at about 19:05 local time, a Cessna 177B registered N35058 was involved in an accident near Redwood City, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 June 2006 at 19:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Redwood City, California, United States

Coordinates

37.5386, -122.1881

Aircraft

Cessna 177B

Registration

N35058

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oakland → Palo Alto

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX06LA205

Nobody was injured.

A collision with water for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said he had no recollection of the events that transpired during the accident sequence. He did recall that he cancelled flight following with the local air traffic controller, and noted the airplane's altitude as 1,300 feet above the water. The last thing he remembered was reaching down to change radio frequencies, and then he was waist deep in water near the shoreline. He waited for the airplane to sink for a couple of minutes, but the water level never rose. He opened the door and exited the airplane into about 4 feet of water, and was able to walk around until the Coast Guard arrived. The pilot was transported to the hospital with no injuries. There was no follow-up inspections to the airframe or engine.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.