# NTSB ATL82DA131: Cessna 205, N124A, Hopkinsville, KY, May 15, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1982, 18:00 local (May 15, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Hopkinsville, KY
- Coordinates: 36.850986, -87.489486 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8510&lon=-87.4895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 14, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71078
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71078/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA131

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - rudder - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124A-2005-11-21), registration cancelled 2005-11-21, S/N 205-0429, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 205
- Registry model: [Cessna 210-5(205)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (registry code 2073202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 205-0429
- Airframe hours: 4230
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820514040869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820514040869A), May 14, 1982: Cessna 2105, Hopkinsville, KY, Substantial damage. No right brake on landing. Over reacted with rudder, ran off runway into a ditch and overturned.

## Other investigations on N124A (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 NYC03FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA131), Jun 15, 2003: Cessna 205 (N124A), Jeannette, PA, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of power caused by fragments of the air filter being ingested in the engine. A factor was the pilot's delayed decision to perform a forced landing after experiencing a partial loss of engine…

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.

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