# Incident 19960330011049I: Cessna 120, San Diego, CA, March 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1996, 12:22 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1611V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1611V) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 172 total, 1 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960330011049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS IS A LANDING INCIDENT. PRIVATE PILOT DEBORAH FALLEY WAS BEING CHECKED OUT IN A TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT WITH A PROPERLY CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IN THE AIRCRAFT. MS. FALLEY STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT FELT "UNSTABLE" AND OUT OF REFLEX SHE QUICKLY APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DID NOT ANTICIPATE SUCH A HARD BRAKE APPLICATION. WHILE THE INSTRUCTOR VERBALLY ATTEMPTED TO GET MS. FALLEY OFF THE BRAKES, THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO ROTATE FORWARD UNTIL THE PROPELLER IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE DID NOT ROLL OVER ON ITS BACK AND THE WINGS DID NOT TOUCH THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N1611V (1)

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

- [Accident 19810227006409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810227006409A), Feb 27, 1981: Cessna 120 (N1611V), Watsonville, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Found fuel selector handle set incorrectly to show wrong tank. Exhausted fuel other tank.

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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