# Incident 19780506032259I: Cessna 120, El Cajon, CA, May 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1978, 11:58 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3101N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3101N-2012-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 4 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780506032259I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, RAN OFF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.

## Other reports on N3101N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110924026899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110924026899A), Sep 24, 2011: Cessna 120 (N3101N), Cordele, GA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Student pilot doing touch and go's at ckf lost power and crashed in a small meadow across the street from runway 28. Aircraft did not burn. No fuel was found…

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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