What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: the event on jan. 27, 1998, at approximately 19:15 in the evening involving Mr. Charles thigpen. As he was returning to Wadsworth Municipal Airport (3G3), enroute from municipal airport muncey ind., he was circling the field and trying to activate the runway lights for his approach. The lights finally came on. He finished his turn down wind for final and the lights went out. He retried to re-activate the lights, he saw trees in his windscreen, then impacted them. He climbed out immediately, called in a missed approach on frequency 122.8 (reaction). He reassessed, his situation, put his flaps up, left his gear down. He circled the field, reactivated the runway lights and they came on, he landed without further incident. Mr. Thigpen thought he was in control of the runway lights. Subsequently he discovered that during the time of events, the city of Wadsworth had experienced a power failure in that area. The lights came intermittent during his approach and again during his second approach. This information was verified by the Wadsworth airport manager during the investigation.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THE EVENT ON JAN. 27, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 19:15 IN THE EVENING INVOLVING MR. CHARLES THIGPEN. AS HE WAS RETURNING TO WADSWORTH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (3G3), ENROUTE FROM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT MUNCEY IND., HE WAS CIRCLING THE FIELD AND TRYING TO ACTIVATE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS FOR HIS APPROACH. THE LIGHTS FINALLY CAME ON. HE FINISHED HIS TURN DOWN WIND FOR FINAL AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. HE RETRIED TO RE-ACTIVATE THE LIGHTS, HE SAW TREES IN HIS WINDSCREEN, THEN IMPACTED THEM. HE CLIMBED OUT IMMEDIATELY, CALLED IN A MISSED APPROACH ON FREQUENCY 122.8 (REACTION). HE REASSESSED, HIS SITUATION, PUT HIS FLAPS UP, LEFT HIS GEAR DOWN. HE CIRCLED THE FIELD, REACTIVATED THE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND THEY CAME ON, HE LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MR. THIGPEN THOUGHT HE WAS IN CONTROL OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. SUBSEQUENTLY HE DISCOVERED THAT DURING THE TIME OF EVENTS, THE CITY OF WADSWORTH HAD EXPERIENCED A POWER FAILURE IN THAT AREA. THE LIGHTS CAME INTERMITTENT DURING HIS APPROACH AND AGAIN DURING HIS SECOND APPROACH. THIS INFORMATION WAS VERIFIED BY THE WADSWORTH AIRPORT MANAGER DURING THE INVESTIGATION.
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