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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing PT-13D · El Cajon, CA · December 19, 2025

Date
December 19, 2025 · 13:10 local
Place
El Cajon, CA
Airport
Gillespie Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N68830
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR26LA066
Reported as
Boeing PT-13D
Reported engine
Lycoming R680-17
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
14,600 total21 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot stated upon landing RUNWAY27 right the aircraft drifted from centerline to the right. Trying to correct by placing right aileron down and control yoke aft at maximum position. The aircraft continued to correct back to center line of runway. Aircraft shifted left when starting a go around with partial power. At this point the aircraft ground looped to the left and stopped on taxiway D-15. No damage to airport equipment and minor damage to aircraft lower left wing and left main wheel.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED UPON LANDING RUNWAY27 RIGHT THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED FROM CENTERLINE TO THE RIGHT. TRYING TO CORRECT BY PLACING RIGHT AILERON DOWN AND CONTROL YOKE AFT AT MAXIMUM POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CORRECT BACK TO CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SHIFTED LEFT WHEN STARTING A GO AROUND WITH PARTIAL POWER. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT AND STOPPED ON TAXIWAY D-15. NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT EQUIPMENT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT LOWER LEFT WING AND LEFT MAIN WHEEL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.