# Incident 19990425019919I: Cessna 172P, Santa Ana, CA, April 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1999, 14:27 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5364K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5364K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990425019919I

## Narrative

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

MR. GREG TILL, A STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST UNSUPERVISED SOLO (HE HAD TWO SUPERVISED SOLOS PRIOR TO THIS EVENT) LOST CONTROL ON HIS SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND IN GUSY WIND CONDITIONS AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT AND VEERED OFF RUNWAY, KNOCKING OVER A RUNWAY LIGHT. MINOR DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIES.  HIS INSTRUCTOR WAS OUT OF TOWN, THEREFORE HIS DISPATCH WAS DONE BY ANOTHER PILOT.

## Other reports on N5364K (4)

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

- [Accident 20040120000829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040120000829A), Jan 20, 2004: Cessna 172P (N5364K), Granada Hills, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 01/20/2004 dennis g. midden flew CE-172-P from oakland, CA, (oak) with a destination of john wayne airport (sna). Before departing oak Mr. Midden…
- [Incident 19911021052999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911021052999I), Oct 21, 1991: Cessna 172P (N5364K), Simi Valley, CA. Student pilot on a solo crosscountry flight had fuel exhaustion. Forced landing on highway.
- [Accident 19891203049001A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891203049001A), Dec 3, 1989: Cessna 172P (N5364K), Van Nuys, CA, Substantial damage. Holding on taxiway was struck from behind by a taxiing P51,N5415V. Tower had cleared P51 to cross runway into 172P.
- [Incident 19871110075359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871110075359I), Nov 10, 1987: Cessna 172P (N5364K), Van Nuys, CA. Electrical system failed. Landed without position lights or two way radio communication with the tower.

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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