# NTSB Accident ERA12LA445
> **CESSNA 172S** · 2012-07-09 · Allentown, PA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA12LA445
- **Event ID:** 20120712X43137
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2012-07-09
- **Location:** Allentown, PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.570278, -75.488334
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172S
- **Registration:** N680MA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go takeoff, which resulted in a runway excursion and a subsequent impact with a gopher hole, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student pilot and his delayed remedial action.

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