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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172M · El Cajon, CA · June 30, 1990

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
June 30, 1990, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
Place
El Cajon, CA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N9313HCessna 172M
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report November 23, 1992
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19900630024089A
Case key
26853

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Probable cause

The pilot-in-command's failure to abort the landing after touchdown past the touchdown zone.

Sequence of events

NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.

OverrunApproach - vfr pattern - final approach
Proper touchdown point - not usedPilot in commandFactor
Aborted landing - not performedPilot in commandCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/waterLanding - roll
Terrain condition - ditchFactor

Analysis

The pilot entered the traffic pattern for landing. Two air traffic controllers observed the aircraft traveling at high speed during the landing roll near the departure end of the runway they observed the aircraft veer off the left side of the runway and collide with an open ditch.

Aircraft

Registration
N9313H
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Category
Airplane
Serial number
17266081
Engine
Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Plus One Flyers, doing business as Flying Club
Departed
MYF · San Diego, CA
Airport
SEE · Gillespie Field, runway 27L, 2,734 × 60 ft, asphalt

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
79
Certificates
Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Right
Flight hours
27,500 total · 250 in this make and model · 18,000 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Visibility
25 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
82 °F, dew point -0 °F
Observed at
SEE

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.