# Incident 20090807014369I: Cessna 172S, Van Nuys, CA, August 7, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2009, 16:05 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52070, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52070) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 410 total, 260 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090807014369I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT SAID THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 16L AT APPROXIMATELY 40 KNOTS NEAR TAXIWAY "GULF" AND APPLIED NORMAL BRAKING SOON AFTERWARDS.  HE STATED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE "GRABBED" UNEXPECTEDLY - POSSIBLY LOCKING UP.  AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT HE APPLIED EXTRA BRAKING ON THE RIGHT BRAKE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL.  BOTH TIRES DEPRESSURIZED TO FLAT.

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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