# Accident 20200520008729A: Cessna 172S, Fullerton, CA, May 20, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2020, 14:40 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial 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: N4000X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4000X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200520008729A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRPLANE WAS STOLEN FROM THE CHINO AIRPORT BY A NON-CERTIFICATED INDIVIDUAL.

THE INDIVIDUAL WHO STOLE THE AIRPLANE CONDUCTED A STRAIGHT IN TO RUNWAY 24. THE AIRCRAFT MADE SEVERAL TOUCHDOWNS ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE BEFORE FULLY LANDING ON THE RUNWAY PAST MIDFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH DISTANCE TO STOP, EXITED THE RUNWAY AT THE END, AND IMPACTED THE WESTERN AIRPORT PROPERTY FENCE.

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL AVIATION UNIT (BASED AT KFUL) WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT HAPPEN AND WERE FIRST ON THE SCENE, TALKED WITH PERSON FLYING AND FROM THEIR TRAINING RECOGNIZED SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT WITH THIS PERSON?S STORY AND INFORMED FULLERTON, CA PD OF THE SITUATION. FAA IIC COORDINATED SITE VISIT WITH NTSB INVESTIGATOR AND FAA INSPECTOR DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE.

INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE VALIDATED THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO LAND GOING TO FAST BOUNCING A FEW TIMES AND SKIDDED FOR APPROX. 632.5 FEET FROM THE WEST END OF RUNWAY AND THEN CONTACTED THE FENCE STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT, PERSON FLYING STATED BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING BUT SKID MARKS APPEAR TO DISQUALIFY THAT STATEMENT.

WHEN AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE FENCE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED THE ROLLED BACKWARDS THROUGH A DRAINAGE GULLY, THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND DAMAGING THE LOWER SECTION OF THE RUDDER. THE DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER CLASSIFIES THIS OCCURRENCE AS AN ACCIDENT.  THE UPPER HINGE OF THE AIRCRAFT LEFT DOOR WAS BROKEN AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE, POSSIBLY BY RAPID EGRESS OF PERSON FLYING. OTHER DAMAGE NOTED WAS TO THE ENGINE SPINNER AND PROPELLER BLADES DUE TO CONTACT WITH AIRPORT FENCING AND GROUND STRIKE.

THE PERSON FLYING THE AIRPLANE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON THE SCENE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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