# Incident 20121117026549I: Cessna 172S, El Cajon, CA, November 17, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2012, 15:45 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: S4DS
- Location: 32.8017° N, 116.9605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Cajon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8017&lon=-116.9605&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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 23 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121117026549I

## Narrative

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

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 SUPERVISED TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD AND ANOTHER STUDENT PILOT IN THE BACK SEAT.AFTER THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO DUAL, THE INSTRUCTOR GOT OUT OF THE PLANE AND CHEN WAS ON HIS OWN. CHEN SAID HE DID TWO TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS TO A FULL STOP AND TAXIED BACK TO RUNWAY 27L EACH TIME.ON THE THIRD TAKEOFF SOLO, CHEN SAID HE WAS EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY STEERING THE PLANE PRIOR TO ROTATION. WHEN ASKED WHY HE DIDN'T SIMPLY ABORT THE TAKEOFF, HE OFFERED NO EXPLANATION. CHEN ROTATED THE PLANE AND ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR 27L FOR HIS LAST FULL STOP LANDING.CHEN SAID THAT ON THE LAST LANDING AND INITIAL TOUCHDOWN, THE PLANE WAS  DRIFTING LEFT AND RIGHT. CHEN SAID HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DO SO EFFECTIVELY. WITH THE FLAPS STILL FULLY EXTENDED AT 30 DEGREES, HE BEGAN BRAKING. CHEN SAID THE PLANE STARTED TO SHAKE CONSIDERABLY, SO HE STOPPED BRAKING AND PUSHED MORE RIGHT RUDDER AS THE PLANE WAS VEERING LEFT. AS HE DID THIS, THE PLANE BECAME UNCONTROLLED AS IT MOVED FROM THE HARD LEFT TO HIS OWN INPUT TO THE RIGHT AND THEREAFTER LITERALLY ROLLED HARD ONTO THE RIGHT WINGTIP AND NOSED HARD FORWARD STRIKING THE PROP AND STOPPING THE ENGINE.CHEN WAS UNINJURED AND SECURED THE PLANE AND GOT OUT.

## Other reports on N956SP (1)

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

- [Incident 20080828848809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080828848809I), Aug 28, 2008: Cessna 172S (N956SP), San Diego/El C, CA, Minor damage. (-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.…

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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