# Accident 20240714012209A: Cessna 172R, Lockhart, TX, July 14, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2024, 18:58 local time
- Place: Lockhart, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8443° N, 97.6727° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8443&lon=-97.6727&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9561V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9561V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172R (registry code 2072401, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 159 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA263) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240714012209A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN DEPARTED KAUS AT APPROXIMATELY 16:40 LOCAL TIME ON JULY 14, 2024. PILOT FLEW TO 50R FOR PATTERN WORK. AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 LOCAL TIME, PILOT DECIDED TO EXECUTE THE POWER-OFF 180 MANEUVER. PILOT CAME IN HIGH AND WAS IN A SIDE SLIP UNTIL TOUCHDOWN. WHEN PILOT TOUCHED DOWN, INDIVIDUAL DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY LEFT TO SAFELY STOP THE AIRCRAFT. RAN OFF THE RUNWAY, HIT THE AIRPORT FENCE, PASSED THROUGHT SOME TREES AND EVENTUALLY STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET BEYOND THE FENCE ON A FARM.

## 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 CEN24LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA263), Jul 14, 2024: Cessna 172R (N9561V), Lockhart, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue the landing attempt with insufficient runway remaining, which resulted in a runway overrun.

## Other reports on N9561V (1)

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

- [Incident 20111003022949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111003022949I), Oct 3, 2011: Cessna 172R (N9561V), Chesapeake, VA, Minor damage. Instructor pilot was giving flight instruction to a beginning aviation student. The instruction was on crosswind landings. Instructor pilot came in too fast…

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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