# Accident 20090109000479A: Cessna 172F, Hardin, KY, January 9, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2009, 06:00 local time
- Place: Hardin, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7972° N, 88.2897° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7972&lon=-88.2897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28RP-2012-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 53 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090109000479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9 JANUARY 2009 AT 0600 CST A 1965 CESSNA 172F, REGISTRATION NUMBER N28RP, SERIAL NUMBER 17252854 CRASHED IN A FIELD IN HARDIN, KENTUCKY.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAIELD AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND TRAVELED THROUGH A THREE FOOT TALL DIRT BURM AND A ROW OF TREES BEFORE COMING TO REST INVERTED.  GROUND IMPRESSIONS FROM IMPACT AND THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE INDICATE A NOSE DOWN ANGLE WITH WINGS LEVEL.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 105 FEET FROM THE INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT.  THE FURTHEST COMPONENT FROM THE AIRCRAFT WAS THE ENGINE AT 205 FEET AWAY FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE.  THE SINGLE OCCUPANT WAS EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND FATALLY INJURED.  THE PILOT WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL HOWEVER ATC DID RECEIVE A "MAYDAY" RELAY IN WHICH THE REPORTER BELIEVED THE ACCIDENT PILOT STATED HE WAS OUT OF CONTROL ON HIS ELEVATOR CONTROLS.  AN ON SITE INVESTIGATION WAS PERFORMED.  FAA WAS ACCOMPANIED BY CESSNA AND TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATORS.  (ADDITIONAL INFORMATION) THE ORIGINAL ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION PERFORMED OFF-SCENE BY THE NTSB AND CESSNA AIR SAFETY NOTED NO AIRCRAFT MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES THAT WOULD BE CAUSAL FACTORS OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA09LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA132), Jan 9, 2009: Cessna 172 (N28RP), Hardin, KY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and his impairment from illegal drug use.

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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