- Date
- May 14, 1982, 18:00 local (May 15, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hopkinsville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N124ACessna 205
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820514040869A
- Case key
- 71078
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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
During landing roll the pilot applied right brake and rudder. The application seemed ineffective so he applied more rudder and the aircraft veered off the runway to the right, colliding with a ditch. The aircraft then nosed over. The wind was calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N124A
- Reported as
- Cessna 205
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 205-0429
- Airframe hours
- 4,230
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James T. Catlett
- Registered owner
- Dr. Carl B. Caplinger
- Departed
- Murray, KY
- Destination
- RLA · Marengo, IL
- Airport
- Hopkinsville, runway 8, 4,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 360 total · 345 in this make and model · 269 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °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 N124A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.