# Accident 20181005016699A: Cessna 172K, Stockton, CA, October 5, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2018, 11:30 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metropolitan Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7JCS
- Location: 37.8942° N, 121.2383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8942&lon=-121.2383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78239, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78239) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181005016699A

## Narrative

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

A CESSNA 172K N78239 TOOK OFF FROM STOCKTON, CA. AIRPORT AND STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO'S ON RUNWAY 29L.

ON SEVENTH TOUCH AND GO, PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT AT OR BEFORE TOUCHDOWN, BOUNCED AND VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND THEN HIT A 3'X3' TAXI SIGN.

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ENTIRE NOSE SECTION, NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKEN OFF, FUSELAGE ENGINE FIREWALL & NOSE SECTION SUSTAIN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

THE AIRCRAFTS STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

THE FLAP POSITION INDICATOR IS A AFTER-MARKET LED SYSTEM AND THE FLAP MOTOR CONTINUES TO RUN WHEN FLAP SWITCH IS IN THE UP POSITION. THIS FLAP INDICATOR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE VERY DISTRACTING TO A PILOT AND COULD VERY EASILY BEEN THE CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA19CA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA014), Oct 5, 2018: Cessna 172 (N78239), Stockton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

## Other reports on N78239 (2)

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

- [Incident 20241023016739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241023016739I), Oct 23, 2024: Cessna 172K (N78239), Stockton, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft departed rwy 29L for training, in the upwind reported a rough running engine and requested to return to land via RWY11R. The pilot attempted a tear…
- [Accident 19910914044441A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910914044441A), Sep 14, 1991: Cessna 172K (N78239), Greenville, TN, Substantial damage. On sightseeing flight overtook N73L,sheared off its left main gear with right wing,landed safely.

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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