Cessna 172M N80854
9 December 2000 · Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 9 December 2000 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N80854, operated by Kentucky Airmotive, was involved in an accident near Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. 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 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States
- Nearest airport
- Montgomery County Airport (IOB)
- Coordinates
- 38.0595, -83.9392
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172M
- Registration
- N80854
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Kentucky Airmotive
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC01LA055
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot was practicing solo takeoffs and landings to Runway 03. During one of the landings, in the flare, the airplane 'ballooned'. The student pilot failed to apply corrective action, and the nose gear struck the runway. The airplane then began to 'porpoise,' and travel off the left side of the runway. The nose gear dug into grass, and the airplane came to rest inverted. The reported winds at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 090 degrees at 6 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 172 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jul 2000 | Cessna 172H | Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Feb 2000 | Cessna 172N | Palm Springs, California, United States | Bermuda Dunes Air Service | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 2000 | Cessna 172R | Battle Creek, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 2000 | Cessna 172 | Chandler, Arizona, United States | Sunbird Flight Services | No injuries | - |
| 4 Nov 2000 | Cessna 172P | Inverness, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Aug 2000 | Cessna 172N | Kamas, Utah, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 12,209 records for this type
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Aug 2000 | Cessna 182RG | Princeton, Kentucky, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 27 Sep 2000 | Cessna 182Q | Owingsville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 9 Jun 2000 | British BAE JETSTREAM 3201 | Lexington, Kentucky, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Nov 2000 | Mooney M20C | Hazard, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Dec 2000 | Robinson R-44A | Sandgap, Kentucky, United States | Fred A. Collatz | Fatal | 3 |
| 6 May 2000 | Cessna P210N | Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |