# NTSB ATL81FA015: Cessna 172N, N738KH, Hazard, KY, November 4, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: November 4, 1981
- Place: Hazard, KY · HAZARD, KY
- Location: 37.2605° N, 83.1982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hazard, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2605&lon=-83.1982&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 5, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123444
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL81FA015
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA015

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2922   81/11/4   HAZARD,KY           CESSNA 172N         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1249
        TIME - 1118                    N738KH              PX-  0  0  1  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 274 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HAZARD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ROANOKE,VA                  HAZARD,KY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- UNICOM OPR STATED INFORMED PLT PAINTING CREW ON RWY, WOULD DPT WHEN ACFT LNDD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N738KH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738KH-2012-10-17), registration cancelled 2012-10-17, S/N 17270034, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hazard

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19811104071619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811104071619A), Nov 4, 1981: Cessna 172N, Hazard, KY, Destroyed. Overshot runway on landing. Began belated goaround, hit trees, wires and a building. One way runway due to hills.

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.

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