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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Loveland, CO · March 21, 2026

Date
March 21, 2026 · 10:44 local
Place
Loveland, CO
Airport
Northern Colorado Regional Air
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5122U
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-L2A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,713 total1,457 in this make and model128 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

CFI stated that upon landing he suspects that the pilot he was instructing might have had the left brake pedal pushed down upon landing which cause the left brake to lock up, and once the tire touched the runway it blew a hole in the tire which caused the aircraft the veer to the left. The aircraft never went off the runway and CFI was able to maintain control of the aircraft after left tire popped. Airport ops were able to assist in towing the aircraft off the runway and onto the ramp. Mechanic came out to inspect and determined no other damaged was caused by blown tire. Decision was made to replace both main landing tires and aircraft was returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

CFI STATED THAT UPON LANDING HE SUSPECTS THAT THE PILOT HE WAS INSTRUCTING MIGHT HAVE HAD THE LEFT BRAKE PEDAL PUSHED DOWN UPON LANDING WHICH CAUSE THE LEFT BRAKE TO LOCK UP, AND ONCE THE TIRE TOUCHED THE RUNWAY IT BLEW A HOLE IN THE TIRE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT THE VEER TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT NEVER WENT OFF THE RUNWAY AND CFI WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER LEFT TIRE POPPED. AIRPORT OPS WERE ABLE TO ASSIST IN TOWING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE RAMP. MECHANIC CAME OUT TO INSPECT AND DETERMINED NO OTHER DAMAGED WAS CAUSED BY BLOWN TIRE. DECISION WAS MADE TO REPLACE BOTH MAIN LANDING TIRES AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.