- Date
- February 8, 1982, 17:54 local (23:54 UTC)
- Place
- Brownsville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13165Cessna C-172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820208004669A
- Case key
- 70055
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While climbing after takeoff, the pilot noticed smoke in the cockpit. He reported that flames started to come in as he was turning back to the airstrip. When he saw that he could land back on the strip, he reportedly shut- off the fuel, master switch and magnetos. A witness reported that the aircraft touched down at about mid-field. The pilot was unable to stop on the runway. The aircraft collided with a tree and barn. The witness noted that the pilot was dazed and assisted in evacuating him from the aircraft. At that time, the witness observed that blue sparks were coming from beneath the dash on the pilot's side. After they moved about 30 feet from the plane, it burst into flames. The barn and aircraft were destroyed by fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13165
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-62543
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Billy Thomas
- Registered owner
- Billy Thomas
- Departed
- Brownsville, KY
- Destination
- Hopkinsville, KY
- Airport
- Meredith, runway 24, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 3,100 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N13165 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.