# Incident 20210115000049I: Cessna 172N, Newport News, VA, January 15, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2021, 11:00 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Airport: Newport News/Williamsburg International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: IVIS
- Location: 37.1319° N, 76.4930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTL (PHF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1319&lon=-76.4930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737GR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737GR) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210115000049I

## Narrative

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

N737GR WAS TAXIING VIA TAXIWAY "A" FOR RUNWAY 20. THE PLANE MADE SEVERAL LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS WITH NOSE WHEEL STEERING AND BRAKES DURING TAXI. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT, WHILE MANEUVERING IN THE RUNUP AREA, HE EXPERIENCED A RIGHT BRAKE FAILURE. HE PASSED FLIGHT CONTROLS TO CFI. THE CFI STATED HE ALSO HAD RIGHT BRAKE FAILURE. THE PLANE CONTINUED OFF THE TAXIWAY. THE CFI PULLED MIXTURE TO IDLE-CUTOFF AND STOPPED THE ENGINE. THE PLANE ROLLED INTO THE GRASS AREA WHILE STRIKING A TAXIWAY LIGHT WITH LEFT MAIN TIRE. PLANE WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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