# Accident 20191015017379A: Cessna 172S, Louisville, KY, October 15, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2019, 14:45 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2278° N, 85.6647° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2278&lon=-85.6647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6097G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6097G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 51 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191015017379A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 15, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1845 UTC, A C-172S, N6097G, PORPOISED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 15 AT BOWMAN FIELD (LOU), LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY.  AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS DECELERATING, IT RAN INTO A SMALL DITCH, WHICH CAUGHT THE NOSE WHEEL.  THE AIRCRAFT TUMBLED, TAIL OVER NOSE, AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.  THE ONLY OCCUPANT, A STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, SUFFERED A SPRAINED WRIST.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA20CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA023), Oct 15, 2019: Cessna 172 (N6097G), Louisville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a porpoised landing, a subsequent hard landing on grass left of the runway, and a nose-over. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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