# Incident 19791021055409I: Howard DGA15P, El Cajon, CA, October 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 1979, 10:07 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- 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: N66546, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66546-1990-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Howard DGA-15P (registry code 4690506, https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-dga-15p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOWARD DGA15P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 8 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/19791021055409I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER TOUCHDOWN, GROUND LOOPED.

## Other reports on N66546 (1)

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

- [Incident 19791031056399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791031056399I), Oct 31, 1979: Howard DGA15P (N66546), El Cajon, CA, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control after touchdown. Had ground looped the same airplane 10 days previously.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.