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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Louisville, KY · January 30, 2022

Date
January 30, 2022 · 13:56 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Bowman Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N20312
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA22LA111
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
289 total248 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot privacy data omitted was practicing touch and goes at Bowman Field (lou) in a CS172M on runway 24. During the landing phase he lost control of the aircraft and veered off the runway, striking a taxiway sign and 2 lights, sheering off the left main strut and gear and causing damage to the elevator and tail area.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES AT BOWMAN FIELD (LOU) IN A CS172M ON RUNWAY 24. DURING THE LANDING PHASE HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING A TAXIWAY SIGN AND 2 LIGHTS, SHEERING OFF THE LEFT MAIN STRUT AND GEAR AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ELEVATOR AND TAIL AREA.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.