# Accident 19990125013609A: Cessna 172L, Santa Paula, CA, January 25, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Airport: Santa Paula Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4004° N, 119.0708° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4004&lon=-119.0708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7639G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7639G-2013-08-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 700 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990125013609A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON JANUARY 25, 1999, ABOUT 1630 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172, N7639G, SUSTAINED SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE WHILE LANDING AT THE SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA, AIRPORT. THE STUDENT PILOT AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED.  THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THE LANDING WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE WHEELS CONTACTED WATER ON THE RUNWAY AND BRAKING BECAME INEFFECTIVE.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND STUCK A PERIMETER FENCE.  THE PROP, COWLING, AND RIGHT WING WERE DAMAGED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE SAFETY BOARD WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ACCIDENT ON FEBRUARY 1, 1999. (.4) BASIC INSTRUMENT FLIGHT MANEUVERS WERE PRACTICED ON THE DUAL INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION WAS GIVEN A SERIES OF HEADINGS, ALTITUDES, AND AIRSPEEDS TO FLY.  THESE VECTORS TERMINATED IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN AND WHEN THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION REMOVED HIS VISION RESTRICTING DEVICE, THE AIRPLANE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY AND LEFT OF CENTERLINE.  THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE GONE AROUND IF HE WERE ALONE AND STATED THIS TO THE INSTRUCTOR.  THE INSTRUCTOR THEN  TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND A LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED. WITNESSES SAID THE TOUCHDOWN WAS APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE WET 2,650 FOOT-LONG-RUNWAY.  THE PILOTS SAID THEY FELT THERE WAS NO APPARENT BRAKING, ESPECIALLY FROM THE RIGHT BRAKE.  THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, TRAVELED THROUGH A MUDDY OVERRUN AREA, THEN BACK ONTO A TAXIWAY AND INTO A BLOCK WALL.  TWO SKID MARKS WERE EVIDENT BEFORE AND AFTER THE OVERRUN AREA.  THE BRAKES WERE FUNCTIONALLY CHECKED AFTER THE ACCIDENT WITH NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX99LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA082), Jan 26, 1999: Cessna 172L (N7639G), Santa Paula, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's misjudged altitude and speed, which resulted in a failure to attain the proper touchdown point causing an overrun and collision with a block wall. A factor was the wet runway,…

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.