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FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · San Diego, CA · September 25, 2025

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Date
September 25, 2025 · 12:00 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Airport
Brown Field Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N20675
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total500 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N20675Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17261482 · Built 1973Airframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

privacy data omitted Hard landing at Brown Field Municipal Airport (sdm) on runway 26L. On approach aircraft lost comm with tower, airport operations met aircraft at taxiway and informed pilot the nose landing gear (NLG) looked damaged, pilot not aware there was any damage to aircraft. True flight maintenance towed aircraft to maintenance facility. It was determined the NLG trunnion had seperated from the firewall with the NLG assembly pushed forward, the shimmy damper and all steering linkage were snapped off of NLG assembly. All steering capability of aircraft was lost.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HARD LANDING AT BROWN FIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SDM) ON RUNWAY 26L. ON APPROACH AIRCRAFT LOST COMM WITH TOWER, AIRPORT OPERATIONS MET AIRCRAFT AT TAXIWAY AND INFORMED PILOT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) LOOKED DAMAGED, PILOT NOT AWARE THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. TRUE FLIGHT MAINTENANCE TOWED AIRCRAFT TO MAINTENANCE FACILITY. IT WAS DETERMINED THE NLG TRUNNION HAD SEPERATED FROM THE FIREWALL WITH THE NLG ASSEMBLY PUSHED FORWARD, THE SHIMMY DAMPER AND ALL STEERING LINKAGE WERE SNAPPED OFF OF NLG ASSEMBLY. ALL STEERING CAPABILITY OF AIRCRAFT WAS LOST.

Other reports on N20675 · 1

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

Accident 20010908025409ASeattle, WA(-23) While the pilot/owner was taxiing as the sole occupant of the aircraft, he maneuvered to the right side of the taxiway to avoid oncoming traffic, and the right wingtip struck a cyclone fence post erected for temporary construction. No damage was noted…Sep 8, 2001 · No damage