# Accident 20080626839859A: Cessna 172N, June 26, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2008, 16:45 local time
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CLWS
- Location: 32.9500° N, 116.9667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9500&lon=-116.9667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6360D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6360D-2010-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080626839859A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 26, 2008, A CESSNA 172N, N6360D, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND MADE A FORCED LANDING NEAR EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA.  CALIFORNIA FLIGHT ACADEMY WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER PART 91 AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  THE CFI, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE AND THE STUDENT WERE PRACTICING ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES 6 MILES NORTH OF GILLESPIE AT 2,400 FEET MSL.  AT 400 FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL THE CFI APPLIED POWER BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND.  A FORCED LANDING WAS PERFORMED IN AN OPEN FIELD.  DURING LANDING THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND, AND SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE SPAR.

## 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 LAX08LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA206), Jun 26, 2008: Cessna 172N (N6360D), El Cajon, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to carburetor ice resulting from the flight instructor's failure to use the carburetor heat when simulating an engine failure. Contributing to the accident were the…

## Other reports on N6360D (1)

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

- [Incident 19980123002649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980123002649I), Jan 23, 1998: Cessna 172D (N6360D), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: bolt securing left landing gear failed on 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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