# Incident 20200219002429I: Cessna 172N, Wadsworth, OH, February 19, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2020, 16:00 local time
- Place: Wadsworth, OH
- Airport: Skypark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0274° N, 81.7322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wadsworth, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0274&lon=-81.7322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739BX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739BX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200219002429I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAXI THE PILOT STATED THE BRAKES FELT MUSHY AND UNRESPONSIVE. UPON ATTEMPTING TO TURN AROUND TO TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP AREA AIRCRAFT FAILED TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN AND STRUCK A GUARD RAIL. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE PROPELLER AND COWLING. THE PILOT REALIZED THAT HE HAD HIS FEET POSITIONED IMPROPERLY ON THE COMBINATION RUDDER/ TOE BRAKES OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH IS WHAT CAUSED THE MUSHY AND UNRESPONSIVE BRAKES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N739BX (1)

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

- [Accident 20080919850409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080919850409A), Sep 19, 2008: Cessna 172N (N739BX), Wadsworth, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) PIC departed 15G rwy 03 for a local training flight. Initially planned to accomplished airwork south of the airport and practice landings at bjj. Prior…

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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