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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172S · Louisville, KY · August 20, 2023

Date
August 20, 2023 · 11:13 local
Place
Louisville, KY
Airport
Bowman Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Departure Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N456SP
Reported as
Cessna 172S
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
54 total54 in this make and model16 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.

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 conditions and winds 200 degrees at 5 knots. The student pilot was issued a takeoff clearance by tower for runway 24. The student pilot taxied into position and initiated the takeoff roll on runway 24. The aircraft veered off the left side of runway 24 hitting a runway edge light prior to A3 taxiway before coming to a stop on taxiway a. post incident aircraft examination revealed no mechanical abnormalities. The aircraft sustained minimal damage to the right main landing gear wheel fairing bracket.

As the FAA filed it

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 CONDITIONS AND WINDS 200 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS.THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ISSUED A TAKEOFF CLEARANCE BY TOWER FOR RUNWAY 24. THE STUDENT PILOT TAXIED INTO POSITION AND INITIATED THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 24. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 24 HITTING A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT PRIOR TO A3 TAXIWAY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ON TAXIWAY A. POST INCIDENT AIRCRAFT EXAMINATION REVEALED NO MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL FAIRING BRACKET.

Other reports on N456SP · 2

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