20090627011559A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172D · Louisville, KY · June 27, 2009

Date
June 27, 2009 · 10:00 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Blue Lick
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N172TJ
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09LA372
Reported as
Cessna 172D
Reported engine
Continental O300*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
319 total273 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed Blue Lick (07KY) on a heading of 140 degrees and cruise altitude between 1700 to 1800 MSL. At which the aircraft loss power and the pilot made a emergency landing in a soy bean field. The result of the landing broke off the nose gear, nosed of the aircraft into the ground, bent both propeller blades, and the left and right wing sustained damage by the contact to the ground. The mixture control cable was found undamaged and not connected to the carburetor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BLUE LICK (07KY) ON A HEADING OF 140 DEGREES AND CRUISE ALTITUDE BETWEEN 1700 TO 1800 MSL. AT WHICH THE AIRCRAFT LOSS POWER AND THE PILOT MADE A EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOY BEAN FIELD. THE RESULT OF THE LANDING BROKE OFF THE NOSE GEAR, NOSED OF THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GROUND, BENT BOTH PROPELLER BLADES, AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING SUSTAINED DAMAGE BY THE CONTACT TO THE GROUND. THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE WAS FOUND UNDAMAGED AND NOT CONNECTED TO THE CARBURETOR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.