# Incident 20240703015769I: Cessna 120, Peachtree City, GA, July 3, 2024 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 3, 2024, 13:18 local time - Place: Peachtree City, GA - Airport: Atlanta Regional Airport - Fal - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.3577° N, 84.5725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTA RGNL FALCON FLD (FFC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3577&lon=-84.5725&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2032V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2032V) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 120 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 1,943 total, 291 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240703015769I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON JULY 3, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:18 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA-120 RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING A GROUND LOOP DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 13 AT ATLANTA REGIONAL AIRPORT - FALCON FIELD (KFFC). THE FLIGHT WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER FAR PART 91. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND. THE PIC HELD FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATINGS APPROPRIATE TO THE AIRPLANE AS WELL AS AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH APPROPRIATE CATEGORY/CLASS RATINGS, AND A TAIL WHEEL ENDORSEMENT. THE SECOND PILOT ONBOARD HELD A PRIVATE PILOT RATING IN THE SAME CATEGORY AND CLASS AIRPLANE. ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS FROM BOTH PILOTS ONBOARD, THE PRIVATE RATED PILOT WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FOR A TAILWHEEL ENDORSEMENT. THE PILOTS HAD FLOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HRS AND WERE PRACTICING FULL STOP WHEEL LANDINGS. SEVERAL LANDINGS WERE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE GROUND LOOP. ROLLOUT FOR THE LAST LANDING ENDED WITH A GROUND LOOP TO THE LEFT BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE ENGINE COWLING AND PROPELLER. THE GROUND LOOP CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WINGTIP, ENGINE COWLING, AND PROPELLER. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE LANDING WAS LEFT OF CENTERLINE, AND HIS CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TO ADD RIGHT RUDDER, FOLLOWED BY RIGHT BRAKE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE FELT THE LEFT BRAKE MAY HAVE LOCKED UP, BUT ALSO STATED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE APPLIED THE CORRECTIVE ACTION SOONER. EXAMINATION OF THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA, AND TIRES ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR SHOWED NO INDICATIONS TO SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE BRAKE ON EITHER SIDE BEING LOCKED. EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE PADS AND ASSEMBLIES SHOW NO APPARENT ANOMOLIES. THE AIRPLANE ROLLED FREELY DURING THE TIRE EXAMINATION. THE GROUND LOOP OCCURED JUST PRIOR TO A TAXIWAY ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. BOTH PILOTS STATES THAT THEY WERE NOT ATTEMPTING TO EXIT ON THE TAXIWAY. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.