# Incident 19970216009549I: Cessna 172P, Sanford, FL, February 16, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1997, 14:10 local time
- Place: Sanford, FL
- Airport: Central Florida Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7845° N, 81.2761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7845&lon=-81.2761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65704, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 598 total, 165 in this make and model, 181 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970216009549I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 16,1997,AT 1410 EST, A CESSNA 172, N65704, OWNED BY THE COMAIR AVIATION ACADEMY AND PILOTED BY MR. ERIK ANDERSON, WENT OFF THE TAXIWAY AT THE ORLANDO SANFORD AIRPORT NEAR SANFORD, FLORIDA AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER. THE INCIDENT WAS DUE TO THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILING WHEN THE BRAKELINE BROKE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR OR THE STUDENT. THE PROPELLER RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS COUNSELED ON CLOSER MONITORING OF THE STUDENTS DURING PREFLIGHT INSPECTIONS AND DURING TAXIING. MR. ANDERSON STATED THAT THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM NOTED DURING THE PREFLIGHT OR DURING THE TAXI OPERATION PRIOR TO THE BRAKE FAILING.

## Other reports on N65704 (2)

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

- [Incident 20190716011899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190716011899I), Jul 16, 2019: Cessna 172P (N65704), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. On July 16, 2019 at approximately 12:56 local, while practicing landings on rwy 32, during the rollout a wind gust lifted RH wing causing solo student ^cert.…
- [Incident 20131014020799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131014020799I), Oct 14, 2013: Cessna 172P (N65704), Christmas, FL, Minor damage. During an instructional flight on 10/14/2013, the crew of two departed merritt island airport heading back to sanford at approximately 2500 feet MSL, with an…

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