- Date
- June 17, 2018, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N734RSCessna 172
- Defining event
- Landing: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- FAA report
- 20180617008099I
- Case key
- 98412
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The National Transportation Safety Board did not determine the probable cause of this event and does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket. The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The NTSB provided requested technical assistance to the FBI, and any material generated by the NTSB is under the control of the FBI. The NTSB does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket.
Factual narrative
On June 17, 2018, about 0730 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172 airplane, N734RS, sustained substantial damage following a loss of directional control and a runway excursion while landing at Fullerton Municipal Airport (KFUL), Fullerton, California. The airplane was registered to RI Flying Club Inc. and operated by the pilot, without their knowledge or consent, as a visual flight rules flight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 when the accident occurred. The non-solo endorsed student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The investigation of this event is being conducted under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The NTSB provided requested technical assistance to the FBI, and any material generated by the NTSB is under the control of the FBI. The NTSB does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734RS
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (N)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269060
- Built
- 1977
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 SERIES, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton Muni, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 61.7 total · 55.5 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2.5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.92 inHg
- Observed at
- KFUL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.