Cessna 172M N20312
30 January 2022 · Louisville, Kentucky, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 January 2022 at about 18:56 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N20312, operated by Cardinal Wings Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Louisville, Kentucky, United States. One person was 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.
The record
- Date
- at 18:56
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- Nearest airport
- Bowman Fld (LOU)
- Coordinates
- 38.2280, -85.6637
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172M
- Registration
- N20312
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1972
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Cardinal Wings Aviation LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA22LA111
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in cross wind conditions.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that he was practicing touch and go landings from the right seat. During landing, there was a right cross wind that he did not correct for, and the airplane veered left off the runway and into a sign. During the impact, the left main landing gear fractured and rotated backwards, and the left horizontal stabilizer forward spar was substantially damaged.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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