# Incident 20180103000449I: Cessna 172S, Louisville, KY, January 3, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2018, 15:03 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Louisville Bowman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N456SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 33 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180103000449I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 24, SLIGHTLY RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE.  HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY APPLYING LEFT RUDDER PEDAL, BUT HE ACCIDENTALLY APPLIED LEFT BRAKE AND DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUT FAIRING.

## Other reports on N456SP (2)

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

- [Incident 20230820015809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230820015809I), Aug 20, 2023: Cessna 172S (N456SP), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. On August 20, 2023 at 1113 EST, an aircraft was on takeoff roll when it experienced a runway excursion. At the time of the incident, the ATIS reported VMC…
- [Accident 20161104023319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161104023319A), Nov 4, 2016: Cessna 172S (N456SP), Danville, KY, Substantial damage. Student pilot [privacy data omitted] landed hard on nose wheel tire. Propeller strike did occur and substantial damage to engine firewall.

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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