# NTSB Accident NYC97LA189
> **Cessna 172** · 1997-09-28 · KUTZTOWN, PA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC97LA189
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08918
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-09-28
- **Location:** KUTZTOWN, PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.520957, -75.769424
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172
- **Registration:** N5338E
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve.  Factors relating to the accident were: the student's pilot's selection of the wrong runway, the resultant tailwind, and the encounter with a cornfield beside the runway.

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