# Incident 20020127001079I: Cessna 172S, Marathon, FL, January 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2002, 22:15 local time
- Place: Marathon, FL
- Airport: Marathon Airport
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.7323° N, 81.0251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marathon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7323&lon=-81.0251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N284SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N284SP-2013-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 206 total, 70 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/20020127001079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 27, 2002 RICHARD M. EGERER LANDED AT MARATHON AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15PM IN A CESSNA 172S. DURING A NORMAL LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BLEW A LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE. PILOT APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND FULL BRAKES WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO A FULL STOP HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. PILOT THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND RADIO INCOMING TRAFFIC NOT TO LAND AT MARATHON. MR. KRAUS A PASSENGER AND ALSO A PILOT INFORMED FSS AND CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE. TWO OFFICERS FROM THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT ASSISTED IN MOVING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. PARADISE AVIATION TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THEIR HANGAR WHERE THE TIRE, TUBE AND PANT-MOUNTING BRACKET WERE REPLACED. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED, NO OTHER DAMAGES WERE FOUND AND AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE. RECEIVED STATEMENTS FROM DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE FOR PARADISE AVIATION, INC. AND PILOT RICHARD M. EGERER. INTERVIEWED PILOT ON 01/31/02 VIA TELEPHONE CONFERENCE. PILOT COMMENTED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE BLOWN TIRE COULD HAVE RESULTED FROM HEAVIER THAN NORMAL BRAKING PRESSURE.

## Other reports on N284SP (1)

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

- [Accident 20080313857629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080313857629A), Mar 13, 2008: Cessna 172S (N284SP), Indian Town, FL, Destroyed, 4 fatal. On March 13, 2008, about 0900 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172S, N284SP, operated by kemper aviation incorporated, was destroyed when it impacted terrain…

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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