# Accident 20251222019752A: Cessna 152, Farmingdale, NY, December 22, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2025, 14:22 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: YOQS
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65199, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65199) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251222019752A

## Narrative

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

N65199 (C152) WAS 2ND IN LINE FOR THE HOLD SHORT OF RUNWAY 32. N1517E WAS TAXIING TO THE RUNUP AREA OF RUNWAY 32. THE PILOT OF THE C172 STATED THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILED AS THEY WERE ABOUT TO TURN RIGHT INTO THE RUNUP AREA. THE C172 DRIFTED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. THE CFI TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT WING OF THE C172 STRUCK THE TAIL OF THE C152, TURNED HARD LEFT FROM THE IMPACT AND AND CAME TO A STOP.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1517E, Cessna 172N: no report for this aircraft; [N1517E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1517E) is registered now

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA26LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA076), Dec 22, 2025: Cessna 152 (N65199), East Farmingdale, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of brake effectiveness during taxi, which resulted in a collision with another airplane.

## Other reports on N65199 (1)

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

- [Incident 20100906043139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100906043139I), Sep 6, 2010: Cessna 152 (N65199), Mullins, SC, Minor damage. Student pilot stated that he departed lumberton, NC on a solo cross country flight to wallace, NC and then to Marion, SC. Student pilot stated that he had a…

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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