20021127034969A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Hollister, CA · November 27, 2002

Date
November 27, 2002 · 17:00 local
Place
Hollister, CA
Airport
Hollister Municipal Airport
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2423E
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX03LA039
Reported as
Cessna 172N

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.

(-23) On November 27, 2002 at approximately 1700 pacific standard time, the pilot of a Cessna 172, N2423E landed at Hollister Municipal Airport, Hollister, California. The pilot stated that after landing and during the rollout, the pilot applied brakes and instantly felt the aircraft pull to the left of the runway. The pilot attempted to counter the force with right brake yet in continued to the left. After departing the runway the aircraft went into a ditch and nosed over and came to rest inverted causing substantial damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 27, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 172, N2423E LANDED AT HOLLISTER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HOLLISTER, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING AND DURING THE ROLLOUT, THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AND INSTANTLY FELT THE AIRCRAFT PULL TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO COUNTER THE FORCE WITH RIGHT BRAKE YET IN CONTINUED TO THE LEFT. AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO A DITCH AND NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.