Cessna 172R N62LU

Summary

On 18 August 2021 at about 11:57 local time, a Cessna 172R registered N62LU, operated by Louisville Aircraft Leasing LLC, was involved in an accident near Louisville, Kentucky, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

18 August 2021 at 11:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Bowman Fld (LOU)

Coordinates

38.2280, -85.6637

Aircraft

Cessna 172R

Registration

N62LU

Category

Airplane

Year built

1998

Engines

1

Operator

Louisville Aircraft Leasing LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA21LA331

Nobody was injured.

A loss of directional on takeoff for reasons that could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor and student were attempting to takeoff with the student as pilot flying. The student said the airplane was pulling left and the flight instructor told him to counteract it with right rudder, but it did not seem to help. The student then applied full right rudder and he said it felt like something released and the steering overcorrected to the right. The flight instructor immediately took control, but the airplane subsequently impacted a sign, which resulted in substantial damage to the lower fuselage and empennage. A post-accident examination of the airplane’s flight controls revealed no mechanical anomalies. The instructor reported that the airplane had no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.