# Accident 20250203001099A: Cessna 172P, Clarksville, TN, February 3, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2025, 16:00 local time
- Place: Clarksville, TN
- Airport: Outlaw Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6219° N, 87.4149° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6219&lon=-87.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62112, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 828 total, 50 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA114) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250203001099A

## Narrative

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

ON 2/3/25 THE CFI WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION WITH A STUDENT WHO WAS ON HIS SECOND FLIGHT. THE INTERNET WAS DOWN, AND THE CFI WAS UNABLE TO CHECK THE MAINTENANCE STATUS OF THE AIRCRAFT, SO HE ASSUMED IT WAS GOOD. THE CFI PULLED THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF THE HANGER AND FAILED TO CONDUCT A PROPER PREFLIGHT, NOT REALIZING THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE. THE CFI TOLD THE STUDENT THAT HE HAD CONDUCTED THE PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE CFI AND STUDENT DEPARTED KCKV AND CLIMBED TO 3000 FEET. ABOUT A MINUTE AFTER LEVEL OFF THE ENGINE COWLING DETACHED AND BLOCKED THE VIEW OF THE CFI AND STUDENT. THE CFI DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH FORT CAMPBELL APPROACH AND RETURNED TO KCKV. THE CFI INITIATED THE APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 17. THE AIR TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND EXITED THE RUNWAY WITH THE LEFT WING AND TAIL STRIKING THE GROUND. THE LEFT WING SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO LEFT ALERION, BENDING IT UPWARDS, AND THE LEFT WING SPAR BENT UPWARDS. NO DAMAGE TO THE TAIL OR OTHER FLIGHT SURFACES WERE NOTED.

DURING THE INVESTIGATION THE ENGINE COWLING WAS ABLE TO BE PLACED BACK ON THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONLY 50% OF THE FASTENERS COULD BE SECURED. THE FASTENERS THAT COULD NOT BE SECURED FAILED TO SECURE DUE TO RECEIVERS BEING WORN. VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM THE FLIGHT SCHOOL SHOWS THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT PREFLIGHTED AND WAS PULLED OUT OF THE HANGER AND PRECEDED TO CONDUCT FLIGHT OPERATIONS.

## 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 ERA25LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA114), Feb 3, 2025: Cessna 172P (N62112), Clarksville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane, which allowed the partially secured engine cowl to separate in flight.

## Other reports on N62112 (1)

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

- [Incident 19940330008959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940330008959I), Mar 30, 1994: Cessna 172P (N62112), Gethsemane, AR, Minor damage. Engine running rough. Precautionary landing at Private strip. Grass runway wet. Skidded off end of runway.

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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