# Incident 20080807842789I: Cessna 172M, Louisville, KY, August 7, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2008, 20:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N9925V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9925V) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,096 total, 700 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080807842789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CFI PILOT FOR GIVENS AVIATION STATED THE FOLLOWING: "AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 IN N9925V AT BOWMAN FIELD, I WAS TAXIING NORTHEAST ON TAXIWAY H WITH A STUDENT.  AS I WAS TAXIING I HEARD A LOUD BANG, THEN ANOTHER BANG AND THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED LEFT.  I STOPPED AND CONTACTED GROUND I ASKED THEM TO CONTACT LOUISVILLE EXECUTIVE AVIATION TO RENDER ASSISTANCE AND THEN ASKED GROUND IF I COULD SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT TO EXAMINE THE TIRE.  THE RIM ON THE LEFT MAIN WAS LYING ABOUT 6 FEET BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT AND THE BOLTS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE TAXIWAY BEHIND US.  WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO FIND 4 OF THE 6 BOLTS.

## Other reports on N9925V (1)

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

- [Incident 19801130088959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801130088959I), Nov 30, 1980: Cessna 172 (N9925V), Jacksonville, FL. Aircraft flew over nas at 1800 feet

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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