# Incident 20031216036239I: Cessna 152, El Cajon, CA, December 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2003, 08:30 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24353, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24353-2018-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031216036239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING SOLO TOUCH AND GO TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 27L, STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DUE TO INEXPERIENCE AND AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, STRIKING A TAXIWAY SIGN. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR AND TAXIWAY SIGN. NO INJURY TO SOLO STUDENT PILOT. THIS WAS A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. CIRCUMSTANCES OF FLIGHT WERE DISCUSSED WITH FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. CASE CLOSED WITH NO FURTHER ACTION.

## Other reports on N24353 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790308009241A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790308009241A), Mar 8, 1979: Cessna 152 (N24353), Seattle, WA, Substantial damage. Failed to see other airplane on runway or hear tower call to go around. Landed on top of other airplane.

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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