# Accident 20120709018709A: Cessna 172S, Allentown, PA, July 9, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2012, 17:00 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Queen City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5703° N, 75.4883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5703&lon=-75.4883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N680MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N680MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA445](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA445) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120709018709A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING A TOUCH AND GO ON RUNWAY 25. AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND HIT AIRPORT SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS THE GRASS AND CAME TO REST ON A SMALL HILL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA12LA445](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA445), Jul 9, 2012: Cessna 172S (N680MA), Allentown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and a subsequent impact with a gopher hole, and the flight instructor's…

## Other reports on N680MA (1)

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

- [Incident 20130705017259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130705017259I), Jul 5, 2013: Cessna 172S (N680MA), Queen City, PA, Minor damage. Landed long and fast. Porpoised 5 times before striking the propeller on the runway. Safely taxied to the ramp.

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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