# Accident 20020726017129A: Cessna 172P, Mesa, AZ, July 26, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97056, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97056-2013-06-05) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020726017129A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JULY 26, 2002, AT 1600 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172P, N97056, TAXIED INTO A STANDING CESSNA 152, N152BR, IN THE RUN-UP AREA AT FALCON FIELD, MESA, ARIZONA. THE CESSNA 172P WAS OPERATED BY SAWYER SCHOOL OF AVIATION, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, AND THE CESSNA 152 WAS OPERATED BY THE OWNER/PILOT, BOTH UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE CESSNA 172P RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CESSNA 152 RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NEITHER THE PRIVATE PILOT IN N97056, OR THE COMMERCIAL PILOT IN N152BR WAS INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLANS WERE FILED. THE PILOT IN N97056 REPORTED A BRAKE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED. (-23) ON JULY 26, 2002, AT 1600 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, CESSNA 172P, N97056, TAXIED INTO A STANDING CESSNA 152, N152BR, IN THE RUN UP AREA AT FALCON FIELD, MESA, ARIZONA. THE PILOT IN CESSNA 172P STATED THE RIGHT BRAKE HAD FAILED. THE CESSNA 172P AND 152 WERE OPERATED BY SAWYER SCHOOL OF AVIATION, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. THE CESSNA 172P RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CESSNA 152 RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF EITHER AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N97056 (3)

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

- [Accident 20031124033609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031124033609A), Nov 24, 2003: Cessna 172P (N97056), Scottsdale, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) Investigation of the accident that involved the operation of a Cessna 172 aircraft, N97056, on an instructional flight near Scottsdale, Arizona at…
- [Incident 20000923030249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000923030249I), Sep 23, 2000: Cessna 172P (N97056), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. (23)Pilot stated that while taxing on taxiway A7 at Tucson, he inadvertently ran over a taxi light causing damage to the light and minor damage to the wheel…
- [Incident 19870721044379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870721044379I), Jul 21, 1987: Cessna 172P (N97056), Imperial, CA, Minor damage. Solo student landing in a crosswind allowed the aircraft to touchdown with a wheel off the runway. Nosed over.

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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