# Accident 20130304003809A: Cessna 172P, Bardstown, KY, March 4, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2013, 17:29 local time
- Place: Bardstown, KY
- Airport: Samuels Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- 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: N89847, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89847-2018-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 36 total, 36 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130304003809A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT BARDSTOWN KENTUCKY. STUDENT STATED  HE FLARED HIGH THEN THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AND THE STALL HORN SOUNDED. HE CONTACTD THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSEGEAR AND FIREWALL OF THE AIRCRAFT. STUDENT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY.

## 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 ERA13CA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA154), Mar 4, 2013: Cessna 172P (N89847), Bardstown, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper flare during a crosswind landing, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N89847 (1)

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

- [Accident 20160506005399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160506005399A), May 6, 2016: Cessna 172P (N89847), Richmond, KY, Substantial damage. First solo flight for student, winds were calm and weather clear. The student pilot stated "I taxied to runway 36 and performed the pre- take off checklist,…

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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