# Incident 20150808017789I: Cessna 172S, Lincoln Park, NJ, August 8, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2015, 12:00 local time
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: Lincoln Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: L25S
- Location: 40.9476° N, 74.3145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN PARK (N07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9476&lon=-74.3145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5491J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5491J) (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: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 671 total, 273 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150808017789I

## Narrative

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

ON 8/8/2015, AT 1200 EDT N5491J, A CESSNA 172S OWNED BY AERO SAFETY TRAINING LTD HAD AN INCIDENT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 AT THE LINCOLN PARK AIRPORT WHEN CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT. VMC PREVAILED, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CREW WAS NOT INJURED. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT HOLDS A CFI AND COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATES THE STUDENT PILOT HOLDS A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LINCOLN PARK AIRPORT ON 8/8/2015 AT 1130.

ON TAKEOFF THE STUDENT FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CONTACTED A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, CAUSING DAMAGE TO AND DISABLING THE LEFT BRAKE. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND COMPLETED A NORMAL TAKEOFF. THE PILOTS WERE UNAWARE OF THE DAMAGE AND CONTINUED INTO THE PATTERN. UPON LANDING ROLL OUT, AFTER THE BRAKES WHERE APPLIED, THE LEFT BRAKE FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AFTER IMPACTING A ROW OF BUSHES. THE IIC ARRIVED ON 8/10/2015 AND COMPLETED AN INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT. VISUAL DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN BLEED FITTING ON THE LEFT BRAKE. THE BROKEN BLEED FITTING ALLOWED ALL OF THE HYDRAULIC FLUID TO LEAK FROM THE LEFT BRAKE CAUSING IT TO FAIL. WITNESS MARKS ON THE PROPELLER AND BUSHES INDICATED THE PROPELLER WAS TURNING ON IMPACT WITH THE BUSHES. AN AIRMAN REEXAMINATION UNDER 49 USC § 44709 WILL BE SCHEDULED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COMES AVAILABLE THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AS NECESSARY.

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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