- Date
- March 28, 1968
- Place
- Campbellsville, KY · CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5846WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111183
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0847 68/3/28 CAMPBELLSVILLE,KY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1945 N5846W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAYLOR COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- UNAUTHORIZED NITE FLT. STRUCK WIRE 500 YDS SHORT OF RNWY- LANDED SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5846W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Taylor County
N5846WRegistration cancelled Apr 2, 2018 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.