# Incident 20260516010179I: Cessna 172R, Brooksville, FL, May 16, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2026, 15:31 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 28.4735° N, 82.4561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROOKSVILLE-TAMPA BAY RGNL (BKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4735&lon=-82.4561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9417Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9417Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0-360-B1E (registry code 41559, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0-360-b1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-360-B1E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 48 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260516010179I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT AFTER THE AIRPLANE LANDED, THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS.  VERBALLY OVER THE PHONE TOLD INSPECTOR THAT THE RUDDER PEDALS BECAME "STUCK".  DURING SUBSEQUENT MAINTENANCE, NO RUDDER PEDAL ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTICED.  STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED VERBAL ORAL COUNSELING FROM OPERATIONS INSPECTOR REGARDING MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT ALL TIMES.

## Other reports on N9417Z (3)

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

- [Incident 20260623008462I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260623008462I), Jun 23, 2026: Cessna 172R (N9417Z), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft #1 struck aircraft # 2 from behind while taxing
- [Incident 20171211022979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171211022979I), Dec 11, 2017: Cessna 172R (N9417Z), Brooksville, FL, Minor damage. On December 11, 2017, at 1100 EST a Cessna aircraft, CO., model 172R, N9417Z that is registered to American aviation inc., had a propeller strike against a…
- [Accident 20140305001819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140305001819A), Mar 5, 2014: Cessna 172R (N9417Z), Jackson, TN, Substantial damage. On March 5, 2014, aircraft N9417Z, a Cessna 172, departed on an IFR flight from mkl to ags. At 10:33 am, the mkl tower received an emergency call from the…

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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