# Incident 20260321003959I: Cessna 172S, Loveland, CO, March 21, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2026, 10:44 local time
- Place: Loveland, CO
- Airport: Northern Colorado Regional Air
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4518° N, 105.0113° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHERN COLORADO RGNL (FNL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4518&lon=-105.0113&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5122U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5122U) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,713 total, 1,457 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260321003959I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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