# Incident 20010708033159I: Cessna 172M, Dallas, TX, July 8, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2001, 14:33 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Addison Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9686° N, 96.8365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADDISON (ADS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9686&lon=-96.8365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12790, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12790) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 609 total, 62 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010708033159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. RALPH F. SORRELS WAS GIVING MR. JAMES E. STERMER A CHECKOUT FLIGHT IN THE CESSNA 172 FOR CLASSIC AVIATION. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSTRUCTED TO "TAXI INTO POSITION AND HOLD" THE PILOT PROCEEDED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND APPLIED PRESSURE TO BOTH BRAKES. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT WITH THE PROPELLER STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT. DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WAS MINOR. BRAKE SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND OPS CHECK WAS NORMAL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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