# Incident 20080318834349I: Cessna 170A, San Diego/El C, CA, March 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2008, 16:09 local time
- Place: San Diego/El C, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- 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: N1607D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1607D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080318834349I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT STATES THAT FOLLOWING LANDING 27L, SEE, HE APPLIED BRAKES TO MAKE TAXI WAY TURN OFF AT A LOW SPEED.  THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED UP ON ITS NOSE.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REVEALED THE EMERGNECY PARKING BRAKE CABLE ARMOR HAD BECOME LOOSE AT THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDERS.  WHEN THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES, THE CABLE ARMOR SLIPPED TO THE "BRAKE ON POSITION".

## Other reports on N1607D (3)

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

- [Accident 20260627008189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260627008189A), Jun 27, 2026: Cessna 170A (N1607D), El Cajon, CA, Substantial damage. On 06/27/2026, C170, [privacy data omitted] landed rwy 17 at ksee in El Cajon and veered off the rwy causing substantial damage to the left wing and door.…
- [Incident 20220530009159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220530009159I), May 30, 2022: Cessna 170A (N1607D), Santa Monica, CA, Minor damage. On may 30, 2022, [privacy data omitted], a Cessna 170A serial number 20249 made an uneventful landing at Santa Monica Airport on runway 21 with a missing tail…
- [Accident 20030501028489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030501028489A), May 1, 2003: Cessna 170A (N1607D), Twentynine Palm, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) After landing at 29 Palms, CA., airport, the aircraft encountered a gust of wind that flipped aircraft on it's back. No injuries reported. A/c…

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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