# Incident 20100717039359I: Cessna 172M, Louisville, KY, July 17, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2010, 08:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- 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: N80802, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80802-2013-05-13) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 162 total, 135 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100717039359I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF AFTER THREE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO ROTATE.  THE PILOT STEERED THE AIRCRAFT OFF  RUNWAY ONTO THE GRASS.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE, AND AIRCRAFT NOSE HIT THE GROUND.  NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE ONLY ONE ON BOARD, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ELEVATOR TRIM INDICATOR WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.

## Other reports on N80802 (1)

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

- [Accident 20050626034239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050626034239A), Jun 26, 2005: Cessna 172M (N80802), Marysville, OH, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was landing on runway 26. During the landing, aircraft drifted to the right. Pilot elected to add power. While attempting to take off, aircraft…

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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