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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · San Diego/El C, CA · August 28, 2008

Date
August 28, 2008 · 16:27 local
Place
San Diego/El C, CA
Airport
Gillespie Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N956SP
Reported as
Cessna 172S
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
90 total90 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted was returning to Gillespie Field Airport, el cajon (ksee) from a cross-country flight. She had been cleared to land on rwy 27R. During the landing flare, the plane began to drift left, then right. privacy data omitted Was unable to control the drift. The airplane landed hard, then veered to the right, across the adjacent taxiway. privacy data omitted Was able to bring the airplane to a stop with only minor damage to the wingtip from a ground scrape. Re-exam of privacy data omitted pilot qualifications iaw section 44709 was considered. Decision to not re-examine based on chief instructor statement that privacy data omitted received several hours of remedial flight training in takeoffs, landings, recovery from bad landings and go-arounds; and that privacy data omitted is proficient in those pilot tasks privacy data omitted is currently enrolled in the commercial/instrument pilot training course.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RETURNING TO GILLESPIE FIELD AIRPORT, EL CAJON (KSEE) FROM A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. SHE HAD BEEN CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 27R. DURING THE LANDING FLARE, THE PLANE BEGAN TO DRIFT LEFT, THEN RIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE DRIFT. THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD, THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT, ACROSS THE ADJACENT TAXIWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO BRING THE AIRPLANE TO A STOP WITH ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WINGTIP FROM A GROUND SCRAPE. RE-EXAM OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT QUALIFICATIONS IAW SECTION 44709 WAS CONSIDERED. DECISION TO NOT RE-EXAMINE BASED ON CHIEF INSTRUCTOR STATEMENT THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED SEVERAL HOURS OF REMEDIAL FLIGHT TRAINING IN TAKEOFFS, LANDINGS, RECOVERY FROM BAD LANDINGS AND GO-AROUNDS; AND THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS PROFICIENT IN THOSE PILOT TASKS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE COMMERCIAL/INSTRUMENT PILOT TRAINING COURSE.

Other reports on N956SP · 1

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