# Accident 20221015017939A: Cessna 172P, Elizabethtown, KY, October 15, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2022, 01:26 local time
- Place: Elizabethtown, KY
- Airport: Addington Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6878° N, 85.9258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6878&lon=-85.9258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63663, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63663) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 202 total, 132 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221015017939A

## Narrative

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

IN A STATEMENT FROM THE PIC, "WE CANCELED IFR IN THE AIR ONCE WE HAD THE AIRPORT IN SIGHT, LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 AND EXITED ON

THE THIRD TAXIWAY PAST THE THRESHOLD. I ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IF SHE SAW THE FUEL FARM, WHICH SHE DID AND POINTED OUT. TAXIING NE, WE TOOK THE FIRST LEFT TAXIWAY. THE BLUE TAXI LIGHTS ENDED SHORTLY AFTER OUR TURN. THERE WERE BRIGHT LIGHTS SHINING AT US FROM THE HANGARS DIRECTLY AHEAD AND FROM THE FBO. ADDITIONALLY, WE SAW A LIT UP HELIPAD TO OUR RIGHT. THE BRIGHT LIGHTS SHINING THROUGH THE DIRTY WINDSCREEN CREATED A SIGNIFICANT GLARE ON THE FRONT WINDSCREEN. WE BELIEVED WE WERE ON THE RAMP AND TURNED TOWARDS THE FUEL FARM. THE THROTTLE WAS BARELY ABOVE IDLE WHEN WE UNINTENTIONALLY CROSSED INTO THE GRASS. I FELT THE SURFACE CHANGE, PULLED

BACK ON THE YOKE AND APPLIED BRAKES. THE PLANE DIPPED AND THEN CAME TO A STOP TILTED UP AND LEANING LEFT. I PULLED THE MIXTURE, WE SHUT OFF SWITCHES, MAGS, AND FUEL AND EXITED THE AIRPLANE.

IT WASN’T UNTIL WE OPENED THE DOOR THAT WE FULLY REALIZED WE HAD CROSSED ONTO THE GRASS AND SLID INTO A DITCH.

## 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 ERA23LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA031), Oct 15, 2022: Cessna 172P (N63663), Elizabethtown, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue the taxi without visual reference to the surface, due to his vision being impaired by darkness and glare, which resulted in the airplane’s departure from the paved…

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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