# Accident 20060208001971A: Cessna 172RG, El Cajon, CA, February 8, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2006, 14:42 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7869° N, 116.9856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7869&lon=-116.9856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9531B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9531B-2006-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 0 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060208001971A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/08/06 N9531B, A CESSNA 172RG, DEPARTED IFR FROM GILLESPIE FIELD (KSEE) AT 1637 PST, ENROUTE TO BROWN FIELD, (KSDM). AT 1638 PST, N759KE, A CESSNA 182, DEPARTED VFR FROM KSEE ENROUTE TO KSDM. APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF KSEE, AT 2300 FEET THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED MID-AIR. THE STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ABOARD THE 172RG AND THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD THE 182 WERE FATALLY INJURED. NO GROUND INJURIES WERE REPORTED, HOWEVER, SEVERAL HOMES SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM FALLING AIRCRAFT DEBRIS. GILLESPIE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT VMC, 200 BROKEN, 25 MILES VISIBILITY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N759KE, Cessna 182Q: [Accident 20060208001972A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060208001972A)

## 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 LAX06FA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA106), Feb 9, 2006: Cessna 172RG (N9531B), El Cajon, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots of both airplanes failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout due to their relative flight paths, which limited the available visual cues. Factors were the failure of the air traffic…

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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