# NTSB SEA08CA047: Cessna 172S, N567SP, El Cajon, CA, December 14, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 14, 2007, 14:21 local (22:21 UTC)
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Coordinates: 32.8325, -116.97583
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8325&lon=-116.9758&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67257
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA08CA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67257/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08CA047

## Probable cause

The excessive speed while turning off of the runway which resulted in a loss of aircraft control.  The ditch was a factor.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - from landing
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

The student pilot stated that she was practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings during her second solo flight.  She completed three uneventfully.  On the fourth one, her approach speed was higher than normal.  She landed the airplane and rolled out on the runway.  When she attempted to turn onto a taxiway, the airplane was going too fast, and she taxied off of the runway and into a ditch.  The outboard 2 feet of the left wing was curved upward, and the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator were bent.

## Factual narrative

The student pilot stated that she was practicing touch-and-go takeoffs and landings during her second solo flight.  She completed three uneventfully.  On the forth one, her approach speed was higher than normal.  She landed the airplane and rolled out on the runway.  When she attempted to turn onto a taxiway, the airplane was going too fast, and she taxied off of the runway and into a ditch.  The outboard 2 feet of the left wing was curved upward, and the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator were bent.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N567SP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N567SP-2013-07-23), registration cancelled 2013-07-23, S/N 172S8491, built 2000 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172S
- Registry model: [Cessna 172S](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (registry code 2072439) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0-360-B1E](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (registry code 41559, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172S8491
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360-B1E reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Scandinavian Aviation Academy
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: SEE, El Cajon, CA
- Destination: SEE, El Cajon, CA
- Airport: SEE, Gillespie Field, runway 27R, 5,342 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 19; student; medical: class 1; flight hours: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.19 inHg
- Observed at: KSEE

## 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 20071214828489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071214828489A), Dec 14, 2007: Cessna 172S, San Diego/El C, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The student pilot was on her second solo flight practicing landings. On the fourth approach, the ATCT told the pilot to perform a full stop landing. The…

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.

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