# Accident 20030927023119A: Piper PA18150, Bardstown, KY, September 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2003, 13:15 local time
- Place: Bardstown, KY
- Airport: Samuels Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8211° N, 85.4964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8211&lon=-85.4964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4314Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4314Z-2004-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18150
- Reported engine: LYC O360A2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03FA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030927023119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2003 A PIPER PA-18 WAS DESTROYED FROM AN APPARENT LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO ACCIDENT ITSELF. WITNESSES DID OBSERVE THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO TAXI FOR TAKEOFF FOR RUNWAY 02 AND THEN OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT HAD CRASH LANDED. THIS SCENARIO IS PIECED TOGETHER FROM WITNESS STATEMENTS. AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND THEN DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 02. SOME TIME SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 20. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 20. WITNESSES STATED THAT IT WAS PROBABLE THAT INSTRUCTION IN TOWING GLIDERS (SIMULATED) WAS BEING CONDUCTED. THE PILOT IN THE FRONT SEAT WAS A FATALITY IN THE CRASH. THE SECOND PILOT SURVIVED THE CRASH ALTHOUGH HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. HE WAS FOUND 10 FEET FROM THE AIRCRAFT BY RESCUE PERSONNEL. BARDSTOWN AIRPORT AWOS AT 1351 LOCAL REPORTED WINDS AT 300 DEGREES AT 4 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, SKY CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 21C, DEWPOINT 09C, ALTIMETER 2988.

## 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 NYC03FA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA206), Sep 27, 2003: Piper PA-18-180 (N4314Z), Bardstown, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain aircraft control for undetermined reasons.

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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