# NTSB Accident NYC01LA216
> **Cessna 182R** · 2001-08-23 · Elizabethtown, KY, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** NYC01LA216
- **Event ID:** 20010830X01836
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-08-23
- **Location:** Elizabethtown, KY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.691665, -85.917778
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182R
- **Registration:** N5419E
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper decision to fly the airplane with a known deficiency, and his inflight decision to land with a quartering tailwind.  A factor was the wing maintenance officer's concurrence to fly the airplane with the known deficiency.

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