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ATL85FA061

1984-12-19 · GLASGOW, Kentucky, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport GLW

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED ONE MI SHORT OF RWY 07 AT GLASGOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WHILE ON SDF RWY 07 INST APP. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACTUAL ACCIDENT OTHER THEN THE SURVIVING PASSENGER WHO STATED THAT THE PLT HAD ASKED HER TO LOOK FOR THE RWY LIGHTS. SHE STATED THAT BOTH SHE & THE PLT SAW THE LIGHTS JUST PRIOR TO SEEING THE TREES. THE AIRPORT MANAGER STATED THAT THE CLOUDS WERE BETWEEN 300 & 500 FT, WITH LIGHT RAIN & FOG. THE PUBLISHED MINIMUMS FOR THE APPROACH BEING FLOWN WERE 400 FT CEILING & ONE MI VISIBILITY. IMPACT OCCURRED FIRST WITH A 13 IN DIAMETER TREE AT ABOUT 20 FT AGL. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_ATL85FA061.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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