# Incident 20100401030579I: Cessna 170, Louisville, KY, April 1, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2010, 14:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N4178V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4178V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170 (registry code 2072302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100401030579I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT BOWMAN (LOU) WITH 90 DEGREE CROSSWIND 15 WITH GUSTS TO 20 LEFT WING CAUGHT GUST AND LIFTED WING DURING LANDING ROLL. AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT AND INADVERTENTLY DEPARTED  RUNWAY INTO GRASS.  ONE AIRPORT TAXIWAY LIGHT WAS BROKEN.  PILOT REGAINED CONTROL, AVOIDED SIGN AND TAXIED TO PARKING.  NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N4178V (1)

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

- [Accident 20260129000459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260129000459A), Jan 29, 2026: Cessna 170 (N4178V), Summerdale, AL, Substantial damage. Pilot began takeoff roll by applying full power..as the aircraft accelerated the pilot noticed that the airspeed indicator was stuck on 40 KTS. Pilot…

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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