# NTSB ATL83LA048: Cessna T-337C, N2551S, Fulton, KY, November 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 19, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Fulton, KY
- Coordinates: 36.509658, -88.879188 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5097&lon=-88.8792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70794
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70794/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA048

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven
  - terrain condition - wet

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT A NORMAL SHORT FIELD APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27, WITH THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDING OCCASIONALLY AND TOUCHDOWN APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD WAS ACCOMPLISHED. HE ALSO STATED THAT AFTER PASSING THE FIRST HALF OF THE RUNWAY HE REALIZED HE WAS FAST AND PUMPED AND APPLIED MORE BRAKES AND RAISED THE FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, DOWN AN ENBANKMENT INTO A MARSHY AREA. STATE POLICE REPORTED SKID MARKS, WHICH LED TO THE AIRCRAFT, BEGAN ABOUT MIDWAY ALONG THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 200 FEET PAST THE DEPARTURE THRESHOLD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2551S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2551S-2012-08-21), registration cancelled 2012-08-21, S/N 337-0851, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-337C
- Registry model: [Cessna T337C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337c) (registry code 2075714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 337-0851
- Airframe hours: 161
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-A 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Operator: John Rudovsky
- Registered owner: John Rudovsky
- Departed: C, JACKSON, MS
- Destination: C, FULTON, KY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: IM7, Fulton, runway 27, 2,700 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 6,754 total, 146 in this make and model, 6,495 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 43 °F

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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