# Incident 20170304005579I: Christen Industries Inc A-1, El Cajon, CA, March 4, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2017, 11:52 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N9605Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9605Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Christen Industries A-1 (registry code 221020X, https://openairdocs.org/model/christen-industries-a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHRISTEN INDUSTRIES INC A-1
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 65 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170304005579I

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 27L. ON DOWNWIND THE PIC REMEMBERS THE TOWER REPORTING THE WIND AT 220. PIC LANDED, RETRACTED THE FLAPS BUT FAILED TO RESPOND QUICKLY ENOUGH TO A WIND GUST CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO WEATHERVANE AND DEPART THE RUNWAY JUST BEFORE THE BRAVO EXIT. PIC REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TAXIED ONTO TAXIWAY BRAVO. PIC RETURNED TO PARKING AND SPOKE WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR LATER REGARDING THE EVENT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR TO THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE INSPECTOR COUNSELED THE PIC ON THE INCIDENT AS WELL AS THE RISKS INVOLVED WITH TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN A TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT. PIC AGREED THAT FULL STOP LANDINGS WILL BE SAFER.

CONCLUSION: THE PILOT DEMONSTRATED A COMPLIANT ATTITUDE AND IS AWARE OF THE MISTAKE AND WILL TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT FUTURE OCCURRENCE.

RECOMMENDATION: PILOT COUNSELING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPLIANCE PHILOSOPHY 8900.1 VOL. 14, CHAP. 1, SECT. 1.

NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED.

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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