What happened
On July 9, 2012, at approximately 1700 EDT, a Cessna 172S, registration N680MA, veered off the runway during a touch-and-go landing at Allentown Queen City Municipal Airport (XLL) in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The aircraft, operated by Gateway Aviation for local instruction, exited the left side of the runway and traveled across adjacent grass, a taxiway, and an intersecting runway. During the excursion, the airplane struck an airport sign and eventually came to rest near a berm.
The flight crew, consisting of a flight instructor and a student pilot, were not injured. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the airframe and the horizontal stabilizer.
At the time of the accident, weather conditions were visual meteorological conditions (VMC) with a wind of 240 degrees at 4 knots and visibility of 10 miles.