# NTSB CHI68F0537: Ryan ST-3KR, N25510, Bardstown, KY, January 18, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: January 18, 1968
- Place: Bardstown, KY · BARDSTOWN, KY
- Location: 37.8177° N, 85.4553° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bardstown, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8177&lon=-85.4553&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 6, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112215
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68F0537
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0537

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0073  68/1/18    BARDSTOWN,KY        RYAN ST-3KR         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1755                    N25510              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  38, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, 6
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAMUELS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  LOW ON FUEL
        REMARKS- GO AROUND FROM ATTEMPTED LNDG ON ROAD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N25510 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RYAN ST-3KR
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Samuels

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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