# Accident 20060514010929A: Cessna 172S, Louisville, KY, May 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2006, 15:50 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: IJCS
- Location: 38.2278° N, 85.6636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2278&lon=-85.6636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N642KM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N642KM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060514010929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT STATED: "ATTEMPTED A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF, FRONT WHEEL CAME UP AS ENGINE REACHED MAX RPM AND NOSE OF PLANE WENT LEFT AND I TRIED TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT RUDDER BUT PLANE DID NOT RESPOND AS I EXPECTED. I TRIED ADDITIONAL RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT AILERON BUT FELT I WOULD LEAVE RUNWAY BEFORE NOSE CAME BACK. SO I RELIEVED BACK PRESSURE ON YOKE AND ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL. LEFT WHEEL LEFT RUNWAY AS I REDUCED THROTTLE TO IDLE AND PLANE STARTED A SKID TO THE LEFT. I MISTAKENLY CYCLED POWER TWO MORE TIMES DURING THE SKID THINKING I HAD PULLED THE WRONG LEVER. I CONTINUED TO SKID SLOWLY, ROTATING LEFT WHEN I EXITED THE GRASS ONTO THE TAXIWAY. I REGAINED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AS I IMPACTED A PARKED PLANE (N7516T) AND BROUGHT THE PLANE TO A COMPLETE STOP AND SHUT IT DOWN."

## 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 NYC06CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA116), May 14, 2006: Cessna 172S (N642KM), Louisville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.

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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