Cessna 172 N72664 accident near Louisa, Virginia, August 22, 2024
Cessna 172, registration N72664, operated by ADVANCED AVIATION GROUP LLC, was involved in an accident near Louisa, Virginia on August 22, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case ERA24LA364 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 42 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 5,300 ft. The last recorded position was at 20:00 UTC, at 500 ft and 68 knots, descending at 448 feet per minute, about 1 km from Louisa/Freeman Fld (KLKU).
The nearest weather report, from KLKU (1 km away), showed calm wind, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Cessna 172R registered in United States (Mode S A9BD1D).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- August 22, 2024
- Location
- Louisa, Virginia
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N72664
- Operator
- ADVANCED AVIATION GROUP LLC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- ERA24LA364 (Completed)
- Nearest airport
- Louisa/Freeman Fld (KLKU)
- Recorded flight
- 42 min, max 5,300 ft
- Last recorded position
- 20:00 UTC, 500 ft, 68 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case ERA24LA364; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.