# Accident 20120830019809A: Cessna 172M, Bardstown, KY, August 30, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2012, 13:52 local time
- Place: Bardstown, KY
- Airport: Samuels Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8086° N, 85.4931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8086&lon=-85.4931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21214, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21214-2017-10-20) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA546](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA546) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120830019809A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N21214 MADE AN EMERGENCY (OFF AIRPORT) LANDING IN A FIELD LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES EAST OF SAMUELS FIELD,  BARDSTOWN KY (BRY). THE CFI WAS CONDUCTING TRAINING AND WAS "SIMULATING" AN IN-FLIGHT ENGINE LOSS WHEN HE CUT THE FUEL SUPPLY. THE ENGINE DID NOT RE-START SUCESSFULLY AND THE CFI DETERMINED THEY COULD NOT GLIDE BACK TO THE AIRPORT SAFELY BASED ON THEIR ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE  FROM THE AIRPORT AND PREPARED FOR AN EMERGENCY, OFF AIRPORT LANDING. DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT'S OUTBOARD LEFT WING (UNDERSIDE) CAME IN CONTACT WITH  A PHONE LINE WHICH RAN PARALLEL TO THE AIRCRAFT'S ATEMPTED LANDING AREA. THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND AND WAS THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT.  APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FORWARD OF THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT, THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE GROUND AND TIRE AND PART OF THE STRUT FORK SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS DISCOVERED IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.  FROM THE POINT OF INTIAL IMPACT TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD SPUN 180 DEGREES FROM IT'S INTENDED DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND APPARENTLY STAYED IN CONTACT WITH THE PHONE LINE UNTIL COMING TO REST WITH THE HORIZONTAL STAB RESTING ON A TELEPHONE LINE AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS POSITIONED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.    THE CFI AND STUDENT HAD NO INJURIES.

## 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 ERA12CA546](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA546), Aug 30, 2012: Cessna 172M (N21214), Bardstown, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's decision to turn the fuel selector to the off position and his delayed remedial actions to restart the engine, which resulted in fuel starvation and a subsequent forced…

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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