# NTSB IAD73FLQ27: Piper PA-28, N9923W, Mayfield, KY, May 10, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 10, 1973
- Place: Mayfield, KY · MAYFIELD, KY
- Location: 36.7375° N, 88.6445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayfield, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7375&lon=-88.6445&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 20, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190458
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD73FLQ27
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FLQ27

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1322  73/5/10    MAYFIELD,KY         PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 105
        TIME - 1615                    N9923W              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MAYFIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAFAYETTE,TENN              MAYFIELD,KY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
        REMARKS- TOUCHDOWN ABOUT MIDWAY ON WET RWY HIT BARBED WIRE FENCE,TRAVELED ACROSS TWO DITCHES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9923W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mayfield

## 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 19730510012609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730510012609A), May 10, 1973: Piper PA28140, Mayfield, KY, Substantial damage. Touchdown about midway on wet rwy hit barbed wire fence,traveled across two ditches.

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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