# Incident 20260530009039I: Cessna 172N, Louisville, KY, May 30, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2026, 13:01 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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: N2896E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2896E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,645 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260530009039I

## Narrative

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

NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY DEPARTED ON LANDING ROLL OUT RESLUTING IN PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY.

NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, AXLE TUBE (ITEM 22 OF 172 IPC FIGURE 36), 2 SPACERS (ITEM 21 OF 172 IPC FIGURE 36) AND ONE AXLE BOLT FERRULE OF TWO (ITEM 20 OF 172 IPC FIGURE 36) WERE RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE.

AXLE BOLT (ITEM 17 OF 172 IPC FIGURE 36), NUT (ITEM 18 OF 172 IPC FIGURE 36), COTTER PIN (ITEM 19 OF 172 IPC FIGURE 36) AND ONE AXLE BOLT FERRULE OF TWO (ITEM 20 OF 172 IPC FIGURE 36) WERE NOT RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE.

NOSE GEAR FORK SHOWS DAMAGE FROM CONTACT WITH RUNWAY ON BOTH SIDES OF FORK. FORK APPEARS SPREAD AND LEFT SIDE OF FORK HAS MATERIAL MISSING BEYOND WHAT WOULD BE CAUSED BY CONTACT WITH RUNWAY.

UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE FOR NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY DEPARTURE FORM AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2896E (1)

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

- [Accident 19821107057629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821107057629A), Nov 7, 1982: Cessna 172N (N2896E), Loris, SC, Substantial damage. During taxi for takeoff pilot taxiied into parked vehicle in tie down area.

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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