- Date
- May 14, 2006, 16:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Louisville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N642KMCessna 172S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Louisville FSDO
- FAA report
- 20060514010929A
- Case key
- 63683
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot was practicing a soft field takeoff from runway 24, a 4,326-foot-long, 80-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During the takeoff roll, the airplane began to veer to the left. The student pilot attempted to correct the airplane's left motion with right rudder; however, the airplane departed the left side of the runway, and struck a parked airplane. Examination of the airplane did not reveal any pre-accident malfunctions. The student pilot reported 24 hours of total flight experience, all in the same make and model. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 240 degrees, at 6 knots.
Factual narrative
The student pilot was practicing a soft field takeoff from runway 24, a 4,326-foot-long, 80-foot-wide, asphalt runway. During the takeoff roll, the airplane began to veer to the left. The student pilot attempted to correct the airplane's left motion with right rudder; however, the airplane departed the left side of the runway, and struck a parked airplane. Examination of the airplane did not reveal any pre-accident malfunctions. The student pilot reported 24 hours of total flight experience, all in the same make and model as the accident airplane. Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 240 degrees, at 6 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N642KM
- Reported as
- Cessna 172S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172S10053
- Airframe hours
- 152
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-L2A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Tech, Inc
- Registered owner
- Nick Hier LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 2006 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Destination
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Airport
- LOU · Bowman Field, runway 24, 4,326 × 80 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 43
- Injuries
- None
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.