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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Atlanta, GA · November 18, 2001

Date: November 18, 2001 · 14:15 local
Place: Atlanta, GA
Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N841AA
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 650 total500 in this make and model136 in the last 90 days

N841AARegistration cancelled May 10, 2012 · Cessna 172NS/N 17272391 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) CFI, james lucas stated that while his perspective student pilot was taxiing to the active runway for a familiarization flight, the student stated that he could not turn the aircraft with the brakes. Lucas, while following through with the student on the rudder pedals attempted to brake the aircraft and found that the brakes were not operative. The aircraft, without brakes rolled off the taxiway and down a small embankment where the rotating propeller contacted the ground. There was no damage to the aircraft other that it sustained a bent propeller and a sudden stoppage of the engine. There were no injuries to any of the occupants of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) CFI, JAMES LUCAS STATED THAT WHILE HIS PERSPECTIVE STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXIING TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY FOR A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT, THE STUDENT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT TURN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE BRAKES. LUCAS, WHILE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THE STUDENT ON THE RUDDER PEDALS ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT OPERATIVE. THE AIRCRAFT, WITHOUT BRAKES ROLLED OFF THE TAXIWAY AND DOWN A SMALL EMBANKMENT WHERE THE ROTATING PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OTHER THAT IT SUSTAINED A BENT PROPELLER AND A SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT.