# Accident 20041231033589A: Cessna 172, Knottsville, KY, December 31, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2004, 16:35 local time
- Place: Knottsville, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7664° N, 86.8744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7664&lon=-86.8744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6225E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6225E-2017-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 64 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041231033589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 31, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1835 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172, N6225E, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN 12 MILES EAST OF OWENSBORO, KY (OWB). WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, KOWB 010045Z VRB03KT 4SM OVC 010 13/ A3027. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LOUISIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT, GONZALES, LA WITH THE DESTINATION OF PAOLI, IND. (I42). AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH EVANSVILLE ATCT AND WAS BEING PROVIDED FLIGHT FOLLOWING. THE PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF POST ACCIDENT FIRE. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY CONDUCTED ON SCENE INVESTIGATIONS. THE WRECKAGE WAS REMOVED TO A SECURE SITE AND IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE NTSB.

## 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 IAD05LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA028), Jan 1, 2005: Cessna 172 (N6225E), Knottsville, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's loss of control in flight due to spatial disorientation. Also causal to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in his inadvertent flight into night…

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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