# Accident 20250925017019A: Cessna 172M, San Diego, CA, September 25, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2025, 12:00 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20675, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N20675) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250925017019A

## Narrative

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

^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.

## 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

## Other reports on N20675 (1)

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

- [Accident 20010908025409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010908025409A), Sep 8, 2001: Cessna 172M (N20675), Seattle, WA, No damage. (-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…

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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