ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285949
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| Date: | Thursday 19 June 2008 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Washington Flying Club |
| Registration: | N52632 |
| MSN: | 17274571 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7369 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lancaster, Pennsylvania -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Gaithersburg-Montgomery County Airport, MD (GAI/KGAI) |
| Lancaster Airport, PA (LNS/KLNS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the landing roll on runway 31, the student pilot of the Cessna 172P, depressed the brakes and felt the left brake "sinking." He then applied both brakes again, and the airplane veered to the right, into the grass. As the airplane departed the right side of the runway, it struck a runway light and a taxiway sign. The student pilot reported 41 hours of total flight experience, 7 of which were as pilot-in-command. He reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane. Examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the fuselage, and no preimpact anomalies with the brake system. The winds reported at the airport approximately 40 minutes prior to the accident, were from 300 degrees at 5 knots.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC08CA220
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 November 2015 | N52632 | W I F A (washington Intl Flight Academy) | 0 | Gaithersburg, Maryland | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Oct-2022 17:28 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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