# Incident 20191020020279I: Cessna 172S, Sanfor, FL, October 20, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2019, 11:50 local time
- Place: Sanfor, FL
- Airport: Sanford
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CE8S
- Location: 28.8228° N, 81.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANFORD (FL55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8228&lon=-81.2633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1154W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1154W) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 625 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191020020279I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 20, 2019, AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DURING TAXI OUT EXPERIENCED THE AIRCRAFT RUDDER ISSUE.  THE STUDENT PILOT ORIGINALLY STATED TO THE INSTRUCTOR, THE LEFT RUDDER WAS NOT RESPONDING.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE LEFT SIDE STILL DID NOT RESPOND ? NO BRAKE PRESSURE.  THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO THE GRASS AREA AND STOPPED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE HANGAR FOR MAINTENANCE.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE LEFT MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER PISTON WAS LEAKING FLUID, THE NOSE GEAR STEERING COLLAR HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY AND THE RIGHT BRAKE PADS WERE WORN UNEVENLY.   ALL DISCREPANCIES WERE CORRECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE ON OCTOBER 21, 2019.

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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