# Incident 20161019021989I: Cessna 172S, El Cajon, CA, October 19, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2016, 08:23 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 9AAS
- 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: N21019, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21019) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 102 total, 80 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/20161019021989I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC WAS A STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT AT GILLESPIE FIELD IN A CESSNA 172. AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 27L, THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO TAXIWAY ALPHA. THE PIC DID NOT CONTINUE IN THE TURN WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT OF THE PAVED AREA INTO THE DIRT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAME TO A STOP IN THE DIRT OVAL BETWEEN TAXIWAY ALPHA AND DELTA THREE. THE PIC WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPORT OR AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N21019 (3)

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

- [Incident 20240726009659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240726009659I), Jul 26, 2024: Cessna 172S (N21019), Englishtown, NJ, Minor damage. While the instructor was teaching the private pilot student a power off 180 degree landing, the student made a hard landing which caused the airplane to bounce…
- [Incident 20190720016119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190720016119I), Jul 20, 2019: Cessna 172S (N21019), San Bernardino, CA, Minor damage. On 07/20/2019 at 1623 PDT, aircraft N21019 ran out of fuel upon climb-out after departing runway 24 at sbd airport. The aircraft landed in a nearby grass…
- [Incident 20070512014289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512014289I), May 12, 2007: Cessna 172S (N21019), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot attempted to land at rhv and experienced a wind shear. The nose of the aircraft dipped and he experienced a prop strike. The engine RPM did not…

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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