# Accident 20001209040549A: Cessna 172M, Mount Sterling, KY, December 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Mount Sterling, KY
- Airport: Montgomery County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0595° N, 83.9392° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0595&lon=-83.9392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80854, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80854-2006-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 32 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001209040549A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON DECEMBER 9, 2000, ABOUT 1300 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172M, N80854, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPORT (IOB), MOUNT STERLING, KENTUCKY. THE CERTIFICATED STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED IOB SOLO ABOUT 1230, TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 03, IN THE FLARE, "...THE PLANE BALLOONED AND I DID NOT CORRECT FOR IT." HE ADDED THAT THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRPLANE "PORPOISED." THE AIRPLANE THEN TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE GRASS, AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD APPROXIMATELY 56 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE; OF WHICH, ABOUT 20 HOURS WERE SOLO EXPERIENCE. THE REPORTED WINDS AT IOB, AT 1245, WERE 090 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS. (-23)STUDENT PILOT FAILED EXECUTE NECESSARY CONTROL DURING SOLO LANDING PRACTICE.  HE STRUCK THE RUNWAY, PROPOISED AND FLIPPED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC01LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA055), Dec 9, 2000: Cessna 172M (N80854), Mount Sterling, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N80854 (1)

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

- [Incident 19981209039689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981209039689I), Dec 9, 1998: Cessna 172M (N80854), Morehead, KY, Minor damage. (23) Pilot landed 45-50% down a 2600' runway. Pilot stated that he thought of go around, then changed his mind. Aircraft ran off end of runway damaging the…

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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