# Accident 20190411010749A: Cessna 172P, Fullerton, CA, April 11, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2019, 11:50 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8719° N, 117.9797° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8719&lon=-117.9797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9964L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9964L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 142 total, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190411010749A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 11, 2019 A CESSNA 172P ATTEMPTED TO EXIT RUNWAY 24 AT FULLERTON AIRPORT AT A HIGH SPEED. THE STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS CONDUCTING AN OBSERVED SOLO WAS AT THE CONTROLS.

BASED ON STATEMENTS OBTAINED BY THE STUDENT PILOT FLYING, HE BECAME FLUSTERED/NERVOUS WITH MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN.

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS SUPERVISED SOLO. HE ELECTED TO LAND AND EXIT THE RUNWAY AS QUICKLY AS HE COULD IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE AIRCRAFT HOLDING SHORT AND/OR WAITING FOR CLEARANCE TO LAND.

AS HE LANDED, HE MISJUDGED HIS APPROACH SPEED, ATTEMPTED TO EXIT OFF THE NEAREST TAXIWAY, APPLIED UNEVEN BRAKING, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER, COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN IN THE GRASS JUST SOUTH OR RWY 24.

NOTE: THE STUDENT PILOT HAS SINCE TAKEN HIS PRIVATE PILOT EXAM AND PASSED.

## 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 GAA19CA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA203), Apr 11, 2019: Cessna 172 (N9964L), Fullteron, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and nose-over.

## Other reports on N9964L (3)

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

- [Incident 20150709012099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150709012099I), Jul 9, 2015: Cessna 172P (N9964L), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. Pilot flying N9964L C172, landed at Fullerton Airport, veered off the runway, striking a runway light and sign post, rolled onto grass and back on to runway…
- [Incident 20120805016499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120805016499I), Aug 5, 2012: Cessna 172P (N9964L), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. Student pilot on second solo. On takeoff positioned right foot improperly so that the brake was applied instead of the rudder when control pressure applied.…
- [Accident 19960330005689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960330005689A), Mar 30, 1996: Cessna 172P (N9964L), Fullerton, CA, Substantial damage. Wind gust on flare. Yawed. Nose left hit hard bounced in yaw. Tried go around. Left wing hit. Cartwheeled. No gusts on March 30, 1996, at 1202 hours pacific…

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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