Cessna 172J Runway Excursion at La Cerdanya Aerodrome (EC-DAE)

Incident Overview and Flight Details On August 10, 2003, at 12:20 local time, a privately operated Cessna 172J, registration EC-DAE, departed La Cerdanya Aerodrome in Girona for a local flight. The aircraft was equipped with a single Continental IO-360-H7BR engine and carried a pilot and three passengers. The flight and subsequent approach were reported as normal. During the landing roll, after the flaps were retracted, the right main wheel locked. The aircraft began turning to the right, leaving the paved runway surface and rolling across the grass before colliding with an embankment located six meters from the runway edge. The pilot stated that brakes were not applied until the aircraft was about to leave the runway. All four occupants evacuated the aircraft on their own and sustained no injuries, while the aircraft sustained significant damage to the fuselage, firewall, and right wingtip.