# Incident 20180212002399I: Cessna 172S, Fullerton, CA, February 12, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2018, 10:25 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N439LP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N439LP) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 170 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/20180212002399I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND, ^MR. ANDREW MATTSON,^ WAS PRACTISING LANDINGS WITH STUDENT PILOT ^MR. PHILIP DIMSON^. THE CFI HAD ABOUT 3.5 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION GIVEN TIME AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND THIS WAS THIS CFI'S FIRST FLIGHT LESSON WITH THIS STUDENT.

AFTER DOING 3-4 FULL STOP AND TAXI BACK LANDINGS THEY AGAIN ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. TOWER GAVE THEM "CLEAR FOR THE OPTION". ACCORDING TO THE CFI THE APPROACH WAS "A BIT FAST AND HIGH". THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED AND TOUCHED DOWN PAST TAXIWAY DELTA (ABOUT HALFWAY). WHEN THE STUDENT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT DOWN HE SLOWLY STARTED TO ADD POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONDUCT A TOUCH AND GO. WITH VERY LITTLE RUNWAY REMAINING ^MR. MATTSON^ REALIZED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO GET AIRBORNE. HE TOOK OVER THE FLIGHT CONTROL AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT, NOT WANTING TO STRIKE INTO/THROUGH THE FENCE AT THE END OF THE AIRFIELD.

THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO ON THE FRONT AND RIGHT WHEEL FENDER SKIRTS AND THE RIGHT WING TIP.

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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