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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Indianapolis, IN · August 5, 1989

Date
August 5, 1989 · 12:00 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
Indianapolis International
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N52815
Reported as
Cessna 172P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total100 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost directional control on takeoff roll. Aborted. Found left brake assembly cocked on the guide pins.

As the FAA filed it

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL. ABORTED. FOUND LEFT BRAKE ASSEMBLY COCKED ON THE GUIDE PINS.