# Incident 20180725024999I: Cessna 172S, Cincinnati, OH, July 25, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2018, 18:30 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: K20S
- Location: 39.1035° N, 84.5153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cincinnati, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1035&lon=-84.5153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N132RM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180725024999I

## Narrative

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

AN INCIDENT OCCURRED WITH N132RM A CE-172 ON WEDNESDAY 7/25/2018.  AN INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT WERE PRACTICING FORWARD SLIPS IN THE PRACTICE AREA WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD BANG.  THEY FOUND THE RUDDER WAS STUCK HARD TO THE LEFT.  THEY WERE UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IN THE AIR AND CROSS-CONTROLLED THE AIRPLANE IN ORDER TO GET IT BACK TO LUK.  THEY DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND WERE ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT.  AFTER LANDING IT WAS FOUND THAT THE LEAD COUNTERWEIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE RUDDER HAD COME LOOSE AND SLID FORWARD WHEN THE RUDDER WAS FULL LEFT.  THE COUNTERWEIGHT WAS JAMMED BETWEEN THE RUDDER AND THE VERTICAL STABILIZER.

REVIEWED BY DWS 09/07/2018

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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