# Accident 20090118000699A: Cessna 172S, Emporia, KS, January 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2009, 11:00 local time
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Airport: Emporia Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3322° N, 96.1911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3322&lon=-96.1911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2465H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYC IO360L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 40 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090118000699A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM LAWRENCE, KS AIRPORT (KLWC) TO EMPORIA, KS AIRPORT (KEMP).  UPON ARRIVING AT KEMP HE ATTEMPTED A CROSSWIND LANDING ON RUNWAY 1 AT EMPORIA AIRPORT (KEMP).  THE PILOT WAS NOT SATISFIED BY THE LANDING AND COMPLETED A TOUCH AND GO FOLLOWED BY A SECOND LANDING AFTER A TRAFFIC PATTERN.  THE PILOT MISHANDLED THE CONTROLS ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT RESULTING IN A HARD UNCONTROLLED LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST OFF THE RIGHT (EAST) SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  FIREWALL, PROPELLER AND NOSE GEAR WERE DAMAGED.  A RUNWAY LIGHT WAS DAMAGED BY THE PROPELLER.  NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 CEN09CA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA141), Jan 18, 2009: Cessna 172S (N2465H), Emporia, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions during the touch-and-go. Contributing to the accident were the gusty crosswinds.

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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