- Date
- July 16, 1981
- Place
- Nicholasville, KY · NICHOLASVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3172QCessna 182K
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810716041459A
- Case key
- 124564
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1893 81/7/16 NR.NICHOLASVILLE,KY CESSNA 182K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 449 TIME - 1956 N3172Q PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 151 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORMAN FARM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOLEDO,OH NICHOLASVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LNDD LONG,DNSLOPE ON ROUGH 1200FT GRASS STRIP.HIT OBSTACLES AT LOW ALT AT END OF STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3172Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Corman Farm
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.