# Incident 19970821028059I: Cessna 172L, Louisville, KY, August 21, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1997, 09:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3804Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3804Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970821028059I

## Narrative

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

TOTAL ELECTRIC FAIL ON TOP UNDERCAST. FOUND HOLE OVER LOU. GOT GREEN LIGHT POWER CAME BACK ON. BATTERY WIRE BROKE.

## Other reports on N3804Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19740228007369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740228007369A), Feb 28, 1974: Cessna 172L (N3804Q), Newport News, VA, Substantial damage. Wind gustng 18K.

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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