# Accident 20160518003229A: Cessna 172N, Carbondale, IL, May 18, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2016, 11:50 local time
- Place: Carbondale, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 37.7789° N, 89.2483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7789&lon=-89.2483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4668G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4668G-2019-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA245) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160518003229A

## Narrative

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

VFR STUDENT SOLO DURING LANDING WENT OFF END OF RUNWAY 36R AND GOT STUCK IN THE MUD.

## 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 GAA16CA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA245), May 18, 2016: Cessna 172 (N4668G), Carbondale, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate flare which resulted in a hard landing, loss of directional control, and a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N4668G (1)

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

- [Incident 20060203009099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060203009099I), Feb 3, 2006: Cessna 172N (N4668G), Carbondale-Murp, IL. (-23) A flight instructor, while demonstrating takeoffs and landings to a student pilot, had just conducted a takeoff maneuver when the elevator control…

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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