# Incident 20110204002749I: Cessna 172P, Fort Pierce, FL, February 4, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2011, 14:38 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N54855, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54855) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 591 total, 548 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110204002749I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT IN CE-172, N54855, WAS TAXIING OUT 10R FOR DEPARTURE WHEN STUDENT PILOT INSTRUCTED BY CFI TO MOVE A "LITTLE" LEFT ON RUNWAY TO AVOID AIRCRAFT AT TAXIWAY INTERSECTION DOING RUN-UPS.  CFI NOTICES AIRCRAFT MOVING TO RIGHT ON TAXIWAY AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  UNABLE TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT DIRECTIONALLY WITH RUDDER PEDALS CFI SELECTEED IDEL POWER AND APPLIED BRAKES.  CFI REPORTS THAT AIRCRAFT CONTINUED IN RIGHT TURN EVEN WITH BRAKEES APPLIED AND VEERED OFF RUNWAY AND HIT AND BROKE OFF TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH RIGHT MAIN WHEEL AND CAME TO STOP IN GRASS AT C AND A TAXI INTERSECTION.  DOM REPORTS AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE CHECKED BRAKES AND BOTH BRAKES CHECKED GOOD.

## Other reports on N54855 (2)

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

- [Incident 19980418008769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980418008769I), Apr 18, 1998: Cessna 172P (N54855), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: during takeoff, a Cessna 172, N54855, was observed with a nose high attitude, dragging the tail on the runway. The aircraft drifted off the runway,…
- [Incident 19890817051619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890817051619I), Aug 17, 1989: Cessna 172P (N54855), Tulsa, OK. Made a hard landing. Landed aircraft on nose tire. Blew the tire and propeller struck the ground.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.