# Incident 20080527845349I: Cessna 152, Fort Pierce, FL, May 27, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2008, 17:27 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OFPS
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69226, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69226-2015-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 45 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080527845349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 27, 2008, THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHILE HOLDING SHORT ON ALPHA 4, WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 27, LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT N69226, A CESSNA 152, AND STRUCK A TAXI LIGHT WITH THE AIRACRAFT PROPELLERS.  THE PILOTS STATED THAT HE COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO A DEFECTIVE RIGHT WHEEL BRAKE.  THE AIRCRAFT WHILE TURNING RIGHT, STRUCK THE TAXI LIGHT.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO IT'S PROPELLER.  THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE FORT PIERCE/ST. LUSIE COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.  M OR D SUBMITTED.  AMENDMENT FOR AIRCRAFT AIRWORTHINESS TO FOLLOW.

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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