# Accident 20210818014399A: Cessna 172R, Louisville, KY, August 18, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2021, 07:57 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62LU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62LU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, student
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210818014399A

## Narrative

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

ON 8/18/2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1157Z/ 0757 LOCAL, N62LU, A CESSNA 172, WAS IN THE TAKE-OFF ROLL

FROM RUNWAY 24 AT BOWMAN FIELD (KLOU), LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE

RIGHT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT AND NAVIGATIONAL

TAXIWAY SIGN BEFORE BECOMING MOMENTARILY AIRBORNE, THEN SETTLED AND STRUCK GRASSY TERRAIN ON

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND A STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT

INJURED AND THERE WAS NO POST EVENT FIRE

## 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 ERA21LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA331), Aug 18, 2021: Cessna 172R (N62LU), Louisville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of directional on takeoff for reasons that could not be determined.

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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