- Date
- August 14, 1971
- Place
- Bardstown, KY · BARDSTOWN, KY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2217 71/8/14 BARDSTOWN,KY CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 87 TOTAL TIME - 1420 N84596 PX- 1 1 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAMUELS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,KY BARDSTOWN,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 12 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- UNCONTROLLED ARPT. UNICOM AVAIL,BOTH ACFT WERE ON SAME FREQ.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2217 71/8/14 BARDSTOWN,KY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1420 N7883P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 39, 649 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 2 1 0 82 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAMUELS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOUISVILLE,KY BARDSTOWN,KY EVANSVILLE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - UNICOM RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - RADAR SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- PA-24 OVERTOOK C-172 FROM ABOVE AND BEHIND. PA-24 LND OK,WAS COMPLETING SIMULATED ADF APCH.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N7883P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Samuels
N7883PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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.
- Registration
- N84596
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Samuels
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.
Other investigations on N7883P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.