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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 170A · El Cajon, CA · June 27, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
June 27, 2026, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
Place
El Cajon, CA · Gillespie Field
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N1607DCessna 170A
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Parties
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA report
20260627008189A
Case key
203286

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
N1607D
Reported as
Cessna 170A
Category
Airplane
Serial number
20249
Built
1951
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Registered owner
Miko Aviation LLC
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · June 3, 2026
Departed
SEE · El Cajon, CA
Destination
SEE · El Cajon, CA
Airport
KSEE · Gillespie Field, runway 17, 4,145 × 100 ft, asphalt
Equipment
ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

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.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
230° at 9 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
79 °F, dew point 57 °F
Altimeter
29.96 inHg
Observed at
KSEE
METAR
METAR KSEE 272047Z 23009KT 10SM SKC 26/14 A2996

FAA reports on this event · 1

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

Other investigations on N1607D · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.