Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Kentucky Dam State Park Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Gilbertsville, Kentucky 42044
Friday, September 10, 1993 14:00 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 170B, N4473B, LANDED ON RUNWAY 27 WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND. HE SAID THAT DURING THE FLARE, THE WIND BLEW THE PLANE TO THE LEFT. DURING TOUCHDOWN, ITS LEFT WING HIT THE RUNWAY & THE PLANE ANGLED TO THE LEFT, CROSSED A PARALLEL TAXIWAY, ENTERED A RAMP AREA, AND HIT A PARKED PIPER PA-28, N6947J. THE CESSNA'S PROP SEVERED THE LEFT WING OF THE PA-28, OUTBOARD OF THE LEFT GEAR. NO PRE-ACCIDENT MECHANICAL PROBLEM WAS EVIDENT. ABOUT 23 MILES WEST AT PADUCAH, KY, THE 1550 EDT WEATHER WAS IN PART: 1500 FT SCATTERED, 15 MI VISIBILITY, WIND FROM 350 DEG AT 11 KTS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. THE CROSSWIND WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/10/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1400 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | GILBERTSVILLE |
| Event State | KENTUCKY |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 42044 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | KENTUCKY DAM STATE PARK |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | M34 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 349 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 1550 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 275 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PAH |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 410 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 23 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 1500 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 8 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 350 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 11 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Serious |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1603 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Sep 10 1993 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1700 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 1:38PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4473B |
| NTSB Number | BFO93LA168 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 170B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 170B |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 26817 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2050 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | May 22 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 24 |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | GERALD & GENEVEE BROSHAR |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 4240 SOUTH STATE ROAD 109 |
| Aircraft Owner City | ANDERSON |
| Aircraft Owner State | IN |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 46013 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | GERALD & GENEVEE BROSHAR |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 4240 SOUTH STATE ROAD 109 |
| Operator City | ANDERSON |
| Operator State | IN |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 46013 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | AID |
| Departure City | ANDERSON |
| Departure State | IN |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | M34 |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 27 |
| Runway Length | 4000 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |