# Incident 20250723008539I: Cessna 172S, Allentown, PA, July 23, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2025, 13:30 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Lehigh Valley International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6524° N, 75.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEHIGH VALLEY INTL (ABE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6524&lon=-75.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N409LP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N409LP) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 133 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250723008539I

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^CESSNA 172 PLANNED A TOUCH-AND-GO STATES ATIS INFORMATION GOLF REPORTED WINDS 140 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS. HE CONDUCTED STABILIZED FINAL APPROACH WITH A SLIGHT LEFT CRAB FOR CROSSWIND. DURING ROLLOUT PHASE, IN PREPARATION FOR TOUCH-AND-GO, HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLE. STATES HE BELIEVES THE POWER WAS APPLIED TOO ABRUPTLY RESULTING IN UNCOMMANDED YAW LEFT. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL COULD NOT BE REGAINED QUICKLY ENOUGH, HE MADE DECISION TO ALLOW AIRCRAFT TO EXIT RUNWAY SURFACE ONTO ADJACENT GRASS AREA IN A CONTROLLED MANNER. HE MAINTAINED CONTROL AND BROUGHT AIRCRAFT TO A STOP NEAR TAXIWAY A/G. IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED TOWER FOR INSTRUCTIONS. FOLLOWED TOWER INSTRUCTIONS TO TAXI TO SAFE LOCATION. SHUT DOWN AT FBO AND CONDUCTED WALK AROUND TO VISUALLY LOOK FOR ANY DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. HAD AIRPORT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL INSPECT AIRCRAFT TO CONFIRM NO DAMAGE AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY AND NO DEBRIS ON THE FIELD.

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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