# Accident 20070812017059A: Cessna 195, San Diego/El C, CA, August 12, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2007, 13:55 local time
- Place: San Diego/El C, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8261° N, 116.9725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8261&lon=-116.9725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1031D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1031D-2017-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195 (registry code 2073102, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755B series (registry code 35007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 85 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070812017059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 12, 2007, CESSNA N1031D A CESSNA MODEL 195 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ELY NEVADA (KELY) DIRECT GILLESPIE FIELD, EL CAJON CA (KSEE). THE PILOT STATES THAT DURING HIS LANDING FLARE AT KSEE, RUNWAY 27R, A GUST OF WIND LIFTED HIS AIRCRAFT AN ESTIMATED 8-10 FEET. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, STRIKING THE RUNWAY NOSE LOW. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT AND PILOT WERE APPROPRIATELY CERTIFICATED AND RATED.

## 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 SEA07CA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA230), Aug 12, 2007: Cessna 195 (N1031D), San Diego, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a wind gust that ballooned the airplane during the landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing. A contributing factor was the wind gust.

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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