# Incident 20011118030849I: Cessna 172N, Atlanta, GA, November 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2001, 14:15 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 84.3020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEKALB-PEACHTREE (PDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8760&lon=-84.3020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N841AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N841AA-2012-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 500 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011118030849I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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