# Incident 20230820015809I: Cessna 172S, Louisville, KY, August 20, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2023, 11:13 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N456SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N456SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 54 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230820015809I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20180103000449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180103000449I), Jan 3, 2018: Cessna 172S (N456SP), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. The student pilot on a solo flight landed the aircraft on runway 24, slightly right of the centerline. He attempted to correct by applying left rudder pedal,…
- [Accident 20161104023319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161104023319A), Nov 4, 2016: Cessna 172S (N456SP), Danville, KY, Substantial damage. Student pilot [privacy data omitted] landed hard on nose wheel tire. Propeller strike did occur and substantial damage to engine firewall.

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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