- Date
- August 11, 1982, 23:30 local (Aug 12, 1982, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Providence, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9722UGrumman American AA-5A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820811040509A
- Case key
- 72318
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Dense ground fog developed before the plt returned to land. He made two approaches & go-arounds before the accident, & each time he had to fly very low to see the rwy lights. The plt stated that during the third approach he was looking for the arpt & not spending enough time looking at his instruments, & inadvertently touched down in a corn field about 400 yds short of the rwy. The plt also stated he had not flown with a CFI during the past year.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9722U
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5A-0122
- Airframe hours
- 900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clay Machine Works, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Clay Machine Works, Inc.
- Departed
- 8M9 · Providence, KY
- Destination
- 8M9 · Providence, KY
- Airport
- 8M9 · Providence-Webster County, runway 34, 3,800 × 70 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 211 total · 160 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.