# Incident 20251124019629I: Gatschet William C LEGACY L2K 177, El Cajon, CA, November 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2025, 11:30 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201BL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201BL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gatschet William C LEGACY L2K 177 (registry code 05619DP, https://openairdocs.org/model/gatschet-william-c-legacy-l2k-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATSCHET WILLIAM C LEGACY L2K 177
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 691 total, 70 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251124019629I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 24, 2025, AT 11:30 PST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS APPROACHING RUNWAY 27R AT GILLESPIE FIELD AIRPORT (KSEE) FOR LANDING. AT APPROXIMATELY 3-4 MILES OUT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS SETTING UP FOR THE FINAL APPROACH WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT WAS A LITTLE HIGH AND HE REDUCED POWER. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), THE PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND. THE PILOT THEN RECOGNIZED THAT THE ENGINE HAD LOST POWER. HE STATED THAT HE RAN THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FROM MEMORY: FLAPS UP, MIXTURE FULL-RICH, AND THROTTLE AT IDLE, ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE STILL DID NOT RESPOND.

AT THAT POINT, THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AGL, AND THE PILOT FOCUSED ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THE WINDS WERE CALM. HE BROUGHT THE FLAPS UP TO REDUCE DRAG AND PITCHED FOR THE BEST GLIDE SPEED (VG), WHICH WAS 120 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON THE FIRST CHEVRON BEFORE THE THRESHOLD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A HARD LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY 80 KNOTS. THE PILOT STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FIRST AND THEN FIRMLY ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. DURING THE ROLL-OUT, HE REALIZED THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. AS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT DURING THE ROLL-OUT AND ENDED UP IN THE GRASS AREA APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS FROM THE RUNWAY, COMING TO A FULL STOP. THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES, BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. IF ANY ADDTIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED.

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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