# Incident 20241023016739I: Cessna 172K, Stockton, CA, October 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2024, 08:55 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7JCS
- Location: 37.9577° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9577&lon=-121.2908&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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241023016739I

## Narrative

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

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 DROP. TOUCHED DOWN LATE, LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO THE INFIELD NEXT TO THE RUNWAY FRONT GEAR COLAPSED. AIRCRAFT INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE ON 10/24/2024 AT FLIGHT SCHOOL FACILITY. DAMAGE INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: PROP STRIKE WITH SPINNER DAMAGED. DAMAGE TO RIGHT HAND WING TIP AND LEADING EDGE OF WING. NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO FIREWALL OR WING LEADING EDGE. OPS INSPECTOR SPOKE TO CFI THAT STATED HE TOOK OVER CONTROLS FROM STUDENT PILOT SHORTLY BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN AND DUE TO TOUCHING DOWN LATE LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO INFIELD.

## Other reports on N78239 (2)

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

- [Accident 20181005016699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181005016699A), Oct 5, 2018: Cessna 172K (N78239), Stockton, CA, Substantial damage. 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…
- [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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.