# Incident 20100423032919I: Cessna 172P, West Mifflin, PA, April 23, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: West Mifflin, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: Z94E
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N172RQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N172RQ-2011-11-28) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 500 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100423032919I

## Narrative

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

CESSNA 172P, N172RQ WAS CLEARED FOR THE OPTION APPROACH RUNWAY 31 AT KAGC, WITH AN INSTRUCTOR, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^9 AND STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  AFTER LANDING THE INSTRUCTOR ADVISED THE TOWER N172RQ WOULD LIKE TO TAXI BACK, THE TOWER TOLD THEM TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ON CHARLIE AND CROSS RUNWAY 28.  AFTER CROSSING RUNWAY 28 THE STUDENT PILOT APPLIED BRAKING AND THE LEFT BRAKE WOULD NOT FUNCTION, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED 90 DEGREES AND HIT A TAXI LIGHT AT TAXIWAY ALPHA AND CHARLIE.FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED A FAILED BRAKE PISTON PN9882012-5 M&D SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N172RQ (2)

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

- [Incident 20021108030799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021108030799I), Nov 8, 2002: Cessna 172C (N172RQ), Pittsburgh, PA. (-23) The pilot was distracted by his passenger and did not hear the tower instructions to hold short of the active runway 23. The pilot taxi in position for…
- [Accident 19880821034179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880821034179A), Aug 21, 1988: Cessna 172P (N172RQ), Freeport, PA, Substantial damage. Touched down midfield on wet grass strip. Unable to stop, ran off end down a slope and nosed over in tall grass.

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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