Grumman American AA-5A N9722U

Summary

On 12 August 1982 at about 04:30 local time, a Grumman American AA-5A registered N9722U, operated by Clay MacHine Works, Inc., was involved in an accident near Providence, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 August 1982 at 04:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Providence, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Providence-Webster County (8M9)

Coordinates

37.3894, -87.7505

Aircraft

Grumman American AA-5A

Registration

N9722U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Clay MacHine Works, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Providence → Providence

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL82DA234

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.