# Accident 19940818021709A: Cessna 182L, Hopkinsville, KY, August 18, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1994, 10:15 local time
- Place: Hopkinsville, KY
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8656° N, 87.4886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hopkinsville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8656&lon=-87.4886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3376R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3376R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,081 total, 1,784 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940818021709A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DRIFTED INTO TALL CORN ON EDGE OF PRIVATE STRIP ON LANDING. WING TIPPED CORN. AIRCRAFT SPUN INTO CORN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB BFO94LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA139), Aug 18, 1994: Cessna 182L (N3376R), Hopkinsville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALIGNMENT AND ADEQUATE OBSTACLE CLEARANCE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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