# Incident 20120805016499I: Cessna 172P, Fullerton, CA, August 5, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2012, 11:17 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8857° N, 117.9280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fullerton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8857&lon=-117.9280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9964L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9964L) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120805016499I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON SECOND SOLO.  ON TAKEOFF POSITIONED RIGHT FOOT IMPROPERLY SO THAT THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED INSTEAD OF THE RUDDER WHEN CONTROL PRESSURE APPLIED.  DURING TAKEOFF ROLL BRAKE WAS INADVERTENTLY APPLIED INSTEAD OF RUDDER FOR STEERING CONTROL.  RIGHT WHEEL LOCKED UP, SKIDDED UNTIL TIRE BLEW.  AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED RUNWAY OFF THE RIGHT SIDE AND PROP STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN.  MINOR DAMAGE, NO INJURIES.  STUDENT ENDORSED BY CFI PROPERLY AND CFI HAD NO CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENT ABILITY AND PROFICIENCY.

## Other reports on N9964L (3)

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

- [Accident 20190411010749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190411010749A), Apr 11, 2019: Cessna 172P (N9964L), Fullerton, CA, Destroyed. On April 11, 2019 a Cessna 172P attempted to exit runway 24 at Fullerton airport at a high speed. The student pilot who was conducting an observed solo was at…
- [Incident 20150709012099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150709012099I), Jul 9, 2015: Cessna 172P (N9964L), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. Pilot flying N9964L C172, landed at Fullerton Airport, veered off the runway, striking a runway light and sign post, rolled onto grass and back on to runway…
- [Accident 19960330005689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960330005689A), Mar 30, 1996: Cessna 172P (N9964L), Fullerton, CA, Substantial damage. Wind gust on flare. Yawed. Nose left hit hard bounced in yaw. Tried go around. Left wing hit. Cartwheeled. No gusts on March 30, 1996, at 1202 hours pacific…

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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