# Incident 20251219020509I: Boeing PT-13D, El Cajon, CA, December 19, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2025, 13:10 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8270° N, 116.9680° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8270&lon=-116.9680&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68830, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing PT-13D (registry code 1380122, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-pt-13d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680-17 (registry code 42404, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING PT-13D
- Reported engine: LYCOMING R680-17
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,600 total, 21 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251219020509I

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR26LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA066), Dec 19, 2025: Boeing PT-13D (N68830), El Cajon, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

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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