# Accident 20021015028329A: Cessna 172N, Mount Sterling, KY, October 15, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2002, 17:25 local time
- Place: Mount Sterling, KY
- Airport: Montgomery County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0983° N, 83.9453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0983&lon=-83.9453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6413J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6413J-2003-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD03FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021015028329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS WAS AN IFR FLIGHT FROM HFY (GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, INDIANAPOLIS, IN) OT IOB (MT. STERLING, KY). THE AIRCRAFT WAS A 1980 CESSNA 172N, REGISTRATION NUMBER N6413J; IT WAS PILOTED BY DANIEL J. EDWARDS, INSTRUMENT RATED-PRIVATE PILOT, CERTIFICATE #407565909. HIS PASSENGER WAS A NON-PILOT, REV. BILL BRYANT, BOTH RESIDENTS OF MT. STERLING, KY. AT 2112Z/1712L LEX (LEXINGTON, KY) APPROACH CONTROL CLEARED N6413J FOR THE GPS RNY21 APPROACH. THE AWOS WEATHER PRINTOUT INDICATES M5OVC 3 58/54/0000/986 AT IOB. APPROXIMATELY 2125Z/1725L THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A 415AGL ANTENNA TOWER APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES NE OF THE AIRPORT. APPEARS THE (L) OUTBOARD WING/ (L) HORIZONTAL STABILIZER/ (L) ELEVATOR WERE RIPPED OFF AND THE (R) OUTBOARD WING AND AILERON WERE SLICED OFF BY THE GUYED WIRE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD ANOTHER 634 FT BEFORE COMING TO A REST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED, BOTH OCCUPANTS SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WAS NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE. IT APPEARS LOOKING UP FROM THE GROUND THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE TOWER WAS 2 BROKEN GUYED WIRES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD03FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD03FA005), Oct 15, 2002: Cessna 172N (N6413J), Mount Sterling, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to follow the published instrument approach procedure, which resulted in an early descent into an antenna tower. A factor was the low ceiling.

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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