# Incident 20060429007419I: Cessna 140, El Cajon, CA, April 29, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2006, 12:35 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N89424, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89424-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060429007419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 29, 2006, N89424, A CESSNA MODEL 140 AIRCRAFT LANDED AT GILLESPIE AIRFIELD, RUNWAY 27L. AFTER CLEARING THE ACTIVE THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY A CROSSWIND COMPONENT CAUSING LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. ATTEMPTING TO REGAIN CONTROL THE PILOT STATED HE APPLIED BRAKES HARD CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP UP ON ITS NOSE, DAMAGING THE PROP AND ENGINE COWL. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE JUST PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT AND HAD LESS THAN 5 HOURS TOTAL TIME IN TYPE.

## Other reports on N89424 (2)

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

- [Accident 20110528012329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110528012329A), May 28, 2011: Cessna 140 (N89424), Sheep Mountain, AK, Substantial damage. While taking off at smu downslope and downwind a gust of wind from the rear caused loss of aileron control and caused the aircraft to crash into the trees.…
- [Incident 19990328017119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990328017119I), Mar 28, 1999: Cessna 140 (N89424), Hesperia, CA, Minor damage. (-5)According to police report, Mr. Smith stated that on takeoff aircraft did no respond. Prior to hitting bushes with left wing, engine was shut down, landing…

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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