# Accident 20200712012189A: Cessna 172R, Concord, CA, July 12, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 2020, 11:30 local time
- Place: Concord, CA
- Airport: Buchanan Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9897° N, 122.0569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9897&lon=-122.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9559D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9559D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 247 total, 247 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200712012189A

## Narrative

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

A CESSNA 172R ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM CONCORD, CA. AIRPORT FOR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT AND UPON RETURNING TO THIS AIRPORT, PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 1R.

ON FIRST TOUCH AND GO, PILOT  LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT BEFORE, AT OR AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY THEN PERFORMED A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE, THEN WHILE FLYING OFF RUNWAY TO THE LEFT HIT A LARGE TAXI SIGN. PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT DID NOT TOUCHED DOWN. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FLYING FOR ONE GO AROUND AND THEN LANDED AND TAXIED BACK TO FLIGHT SCHOOL.

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT LANDING GEAR STRUT, ENTIRE LEFT EMPENNAGE STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR SECTION.

THE AIRCRAFTS PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 WPR20CA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA219), Jul 12, 2020: Cessna 172 (N9559D), Concord, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain airplane control when the airplane drifted off of runway centerline and subsequently collided with a taxiway sign during a go-around.

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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