# Incident 20220530009159I: Cessna 170A, Santa Monica, CA, May 30, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2022, 16:20 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1607D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1607D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220530009159I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 30, 2022, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA 170A SERIAL NUMBER 20249 MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING AT SANTA MONICA AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 21 WITH A MISSING TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY.

## Other reports on N1607D (3)

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

- [Accident 20260627008189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260627008189A), Jun 27, 2026: Cessna 170A (N1607D), El Cajon, CA, Substantial damage. On 06/27/2026, C170, [privacy data omitted] landed rwy 17 at ksee in El Cajon and veered off the rwy causing substantial damage to the left wing and door.…
- [Incident 20080318834349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080318834349I), Mar 18, 2008: Cessna 170A (N1607D), San Diego/El C, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot states that following landing 27L, see, he applied brakes to make taxi way turn off at a low speed. The aircraft tipped up on its nose. The pilot…
- [Accident 20030501028489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030501028489A), May 1, 2003: Cessna 170A (N1607D), Twentynine Palm, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) After landing at 29 Palms, CA., airport, the aircraft encountered a gust of wind that flipped aircraft on it's back. No injuries reported. A/c…

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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