# Accident 20240719018389A: Cessna 172N, Danville, KY, July 19, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2024, 15:00 local time
- Place: Danville, KY
- Airport: Stuart Powell Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5776° N, 84.7695° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5776&lon=-84.7695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9991E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9991E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 130 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA352) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240719018389A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 19, 2024, AT THE DANVILLE, KY, AIRPORT (DVK) AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 EDT, A PRIVATE PILOT WAS PILOTING A CESSNA172N (SERIAL #17272308) WITH 2 PASSENGERS ONBOARD.  THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 13 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE NOSEWHEEL, FIREWALL, AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THE PILOT CONDUCTED HIS FLARE HIGH WHICH RESULTED IN A LOW SPEED AND THE HARD LANDING. THE PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT, WHO IS A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT PUSHED SLIGHTLY ON THE CONTROL WHEEL TO ALERT THE PILOT TO THE LOW AIRSPEED CONDITION. SHE DID THIS BECAUSE HE IS A DEAF PILOT; HOWEVER, HE WAS TOO SLOW TO CORRECT THE LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED AND SWERVED A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE BEFORE EXITING THE RUNWAY TO THE GRASSY AREA ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP UPRIGHT.   ALTHOUGH THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED, THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS AND NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY.

## 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 ERA24LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA352), Jul 19, 2024: Cessna 172 (N9991E), Danville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while landing and his inadequate communication to the pilot-rated passenger of her role during the flight.

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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