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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 152 · El Cajon, CA · August 31, 1997

Date: August 31, 1997 · 12:00 local
Place: El Cajon, CA
Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N68452
Reported as: Cessna 152
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 36 total36 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on August 29, 1997, at approximately 1200 PDT, a wheel equipped Cessna CE-152 airplane, N68452 owned by rg aircraft maintenance, inc., operated by anglo American aviation, inc., and piloted by ade a. lawal swerved off of runway 27L at Gillespie airport in El Cajon, California, and damaged an airport sign. There was no damage to the airplane. The student pilot was the only occupant and was not injured. The 14 CFR 91 flight was operated in visual meteorological conditions with a company flight plan. According to the pilot, the wind was about 300 degrees at 5 knots. In his written statement, the pilot indicated that he allowed the airplane to drift during touchdown to the runway causing the airplane to swerve off the runway. The pilot stated during an interview with the FAA iic that he was discontinuing flight training indefinitely.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 29, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 PDT, A WHEEL EQUIPPED CESSNA CE-152 AIRPLANE, N68452 OWNED BY RG AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, INC., OPERATED BY ANGLO AMERICAN AVIATION, INC., AND PILOTED BY ADE A. LAWAL SWERVED OFF OF RUNWAY 27L AT GILLESPIE AIRPORT IN EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA, AND DAMAGED AN AIRPORT SIGN. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE 14 CFR 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH A COMPANY FLIGHT PLAN. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE WIND WAS ABOUT 300 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS. IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO DRIFT DURING TOUCHDOWN TO THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO SWERVE OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FAA IIC THAT HE WAS DISCONTINUING FLIGHT TRAINING INDEFINITELY.