# Incident 20080828848809I: Cessna 172S, San Diego/El C, CA, August 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2008, 16:27 local time
- Place: San Diego/El C, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- 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: N956SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N956SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 90 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080828848809I

## Narrative

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

(-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)

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

- [Incident 20121117026549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121117026549I), Nov 17, 2012: Cessna 172S (N956SP), El Cajon, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot ling-yao chen was on a second supervised solo in a part 141 training course. The first solo was uneventful. On this date, chen did three…

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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