# NTSB Accident ERA23LA031
> **CESSNA 172P** · 2022-10-15 · Elizabethtown, KY, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA23LA031
- **Event ID:** 20221021106171
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2022-10-15
- **Location:** Elizabethtown, KY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 37.687774, -85.925779
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 172P
- **Registration:** N63663
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to continue the taxi without visual reference to the surface, due to his vision being impaired by darkness and glare, which resulted in the airplane’s departure from the paved surface and impact with a ditch. Contributing was the flight instructor’s inadequate monitoring of the pilot.

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