# NTSB GAA20CA074: Cessna 172, N3803S, FallBrook, CA, November 12, 2019 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: November 12, 2019, 08:15 local (16:15 UTC) - Place: FallBrook, CA - Coordinates: 33.354167, -117.250831 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3542&lon=-117.2508&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 21, 2020 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 100564 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA20CA074 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100564/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100564 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA074 ## Probable cause The student pilot's use of excessive ground speed while making a right turn when exiting the runway, which resulted in a loss of directional control and a runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172E, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072412), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172E, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=2072412), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172E, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072412), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Terrain: sloped/uneven terrain](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021017): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 172E, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021017/cases.md?model=2072412), [All aircraft, 270 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03021017/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900); cases with it: [Cessna 172E, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=2072412), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172E, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072412), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 172E, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072412), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis According to the operator, during a training flight in the pattern, the solo student pilot landed on the runway. During the landing roll, the student turned right to exit the runway. However, the airplane's ground speed was too fast and "he missed the taxiway." The airplane exited the right side of the runway just beyond the taxiway turnout, went down an embankment, and then stopped. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left engine mount. The operator reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative According to the operator, during a training flight in the pattern, the solo student pilot landed on the runway. During the landing roll, the student made a right turn to exit the runway. However, the airplane's ground speed was too fast and "he missed the taxiway." The airplane exited the right side of the runway just beyond the taxiway turnout and the airplane went down a 10ft embankment and stopped. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left side engine mount. The operator reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3803S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3803S), registered now, S/N 17251003, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 172 (E) - Registry model: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 17251003 - Year built: 1963 - Airframe hours: 5150 - Engines: Continental O-300 145 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Fallbrook Flight Academy - Registered owner: Aircraft Partner Holdings Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, August 8, 2019 - Departed: L18, FallBrook, CA - Destination: L18, FallBrook, CA - Airport: L18, Fallbrook Community Airpark, runway 18, 2,160 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: None ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 24; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 23 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Lowest ceiling: 200 ft overcast - Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.09 inHg - Observed at: KNFG, 6 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20191112018559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191112018559A), Nov 12, 2019: Cessna 172E, Fallbrook, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot was soloing in the pattern. He came in on approach and landed half way down the runway. He began to brake hard and attempted to exit on the last… ## Other investigations on N3803S (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 LAX71FUA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71FUA05), Jul 30, 1970: Cessna 172 (N3803S), Santa Ana, CA, substantial damage ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100564. 3.5 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40480382&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - Photo (item 2, .PDF, 166 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40480383&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.