# NTSB Accident CHI98LA254
> **Cessna 172P** · 1998-06-19 · ABILENE, KS, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98LA254
- **Event ID:** 20001211X10276
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-06-19
- **Location:** ABILENE, KS, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.920391, -97.220535
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 3
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172P
- **Registration:** N9786L
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to plan his approach so as to be able to stop the airplane on the runway, and the instructor pilot's delay in taking control of the airplane, so as to correct the student's mistake.  A factor contributing to this accident was the ditch.

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