# Accident 20240114002919A: Cessna 172S, Mooresville, NC, January 14, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2024, 12:17 local time
- Place: Mooresville, NC
- Airport: Lake Norman Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6139° N, 80.8995° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6139&lon=-80.8995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N512SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N512SP) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 153 total, 153 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240114002919A

## Narrative

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

ON 14 JANUARY 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:17 LOCAL TIME THE PILOT OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND RWY 14 AT LAKE NORMAN AIRPARK (14A) WITH REPORTED SOUTHWEST CROSSWINDS OF 10-15 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS.  THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT BOUNCED 2-3 TIMES UPON TOUCHDOWN PRIOR TO THE PILOT ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND.  ON DEPARTURE THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY TO THE DOWNWIND (NORTHEAST) AND STRUCK TREES PRIOR TO CRASHING IN THE FRONT YARD OF A LOCAL RESIDENCE.

ON 15 JANUARY 2024 THE PIC STATED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO WEATHER/WINDS.

POB: 1

INJURIES: SERIOUS

DAMAGE:  AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED

SAS TASK ID:  T-EA68-FY24-0576

## 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 ERA24LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA090), Jan 14, 2024: Cessna 172 (N512SP), Mooresville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during a go-around in gusting crosswind conditions.

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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