# Incident 20260610007769I: Cessna 172P, Richmond, KY, June 10, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2026, 14:50 local time
- Place: Richmond, KY
- Airport: Central Kentucky Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: OKZS
- Location: 37.6315° N, 84.3324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL KENTUCKY RGNL (RGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6315&lon=-84.3324&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65276, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N65276) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 652 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260610007769I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT PREPARED FOR LANDING RWY 18 AT KLEX. ON FINAL, STUDENT REDUCED POWER TO GET ON GLIDE PATH, THEN ATTEMPTED A SLIGHT INCREASE TO REMAIN ON GLIDE PATH. NO RESPONSE FROM THROTTLE INPUTS AND RPM REMAINED AT 1500. STUDENT HANDED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE INSTRUCTOR, AND INFORMED ATC OF THE ISSUE AND INTENTIONS. THE INSTRUCTOR CUT MIXTURE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AGL AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO PARKING AND NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THROTTLE CABLE HAD DISCONNECTED FROM THE THROTTLE INPUT SHAFT ON THE CARBURETOR.

## Other reports on N65276 (1)

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

- [Incident 20071205831779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071205831779I), Dec 5, 2007: Cessna 172P (N65276), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On December 5, 2007, at 1150 eastern daylight time, a Cessna, CE-172, N65276, experienced the loss of operational control during taxiing, at kfpr, in…

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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