# Accident 20220903015299A: Hisserich Nicholas S JETEXEC, Mammoth Cave, KY, September 3, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2022, 17:40 local time
- Place: Mammoth Cave, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1759° N, 86.1503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1759&lon=-86.1503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N162NH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N162NH-2023-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hisserich Nicholas S JETEXEC (registry code 05637NP, https://openairdocs.org/model/hisserich-nicholas-s-jetexec) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Solar T62T-32 (registry code 58102, https://openairdocs.org/engine/solar-t62t-32) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HISSERICH NICHOLAS S JETEXEC
- Reported engine: SOLAR T62T-32
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 5 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA397](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA397) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220903015299A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/03/2022, PILOT DEPARTED CREVE COEUR AIRPORT (1H0) (ST LOUIS, MO).  WITNESSES REPORTED AIRCRAFT RETURNED 30 MINUTES LATER DUE TO WEATHER. DEPARTED 1-2 HOURS LATER. STOPPED FOR FUEL AT (KSAR) SPARTA COMMUNITY AIRPORT-HUNTER FIELD, SPARTA, ILLINOIS. DEPARTED AND STOPPED FOR FUEL AT (KTWT) STURGIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, STURGIS, KENTUCKY. DEPARTED WITH PLANS TO STOP AT (KGLW) GLASGOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, GLASGOW, KENTUCKY, FOR FUEL.

ESTIMATED ACCIDENT TIME, 1740 LOCAL, APPROXIMATELY 13SM NW OF KGLW.

RAW METAR:

KGLW 032210Z AUTO 24006KT 1 1/2SM TSRA BKN070 OVC090 23/23 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG

DSNT SW THRU NW P0003 T02320225

KGLW 032235Z AUTO 28006KT 7SM RA OVC090 22/22 A3008 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N S AND NW

P0009 T02240220

KGLW 032255Z AUTO 28005KT 5SM VCTSRA SCT075 OVC090 22/22 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT

ALQS P0015 T02190218

KGLW 032315Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM RA SCT075 OVC090 22/21 A3009 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N S

AND W P0005 T02150213

## 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 ERA22FA397](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA397), Sep 3, 2022: Rotorway Jetexec (N162NH), Arthur, KY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to attempt the cross-country flight in thunderstorm conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to obtain a…

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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