# Accident 19781208040299A: Cessna A150K, Bardstown, KY, December 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1978
- Place: Bardstown, KY
- Airport: Bardstown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 37.8177° N, 85.4553° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bardstown, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8177&lon=-85.4553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5920T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5920T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781208040299A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERG. LDG AT NIGHT ON ROAD.AIRPORT 1 MILE NORTH.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5920T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20090322009849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090322009849A), Mar 22, 2009: Cessna 150D (N5920T), Madison, IN, Substantial damage. (-23) On March 22, 2009 at approximately 1610 EST, a Cessna 150, N5920T, registered to [privacy data omitted], piloted by david pennybaker was in bound to the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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