# Accident 20060303003129A: Piper PA24, El Cajon, CA, March 3, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2006, 13:05 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial 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: N6094P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6094P-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (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: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060303003129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS WAS A STUDENT SOLO FLIGHT. WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT GILLESPIE AIRPORT, THE STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT VEERING OFF INTO THE DIRT/SOD AREA AT MID-FIELD. AFTER STRIKING THE AIRPORT STONE NAME LOCATED AT MID-FIELD THE AIRCRAFT'S GEAR FOLDED AND PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. STUDENT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. SEE ATTACHMENT #1, STATEMENT FROM STUDENT PILOT AND STATEMENT #2 FROM EYEWITNESS AND PART OWNER IN AIRCRAFT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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