# NTSB FTW82DA214: Cessna T188C, N9424J, Transylvania, LA, June 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 7, 1982, 06:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place: Transylvania, LA
- Coordinates: 32.65995, -91.250267 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6600&lon=-91.2503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72854
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA214
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72854/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA214

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - flare/touchdown
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT LANDED FAST ON A WET GRASS RUNWAY. APPLICATION OF BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GROUND LOOP AND STRUCK A DITCH DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9424J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9424J-2013-03-25), registration cancelled 2013-03-25, S/N T18803801T, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T188C
- Registry model: [Cessna T188C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t188c) (registry code 2073012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T18803801T
- Airframe hours: 352
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Mark Wayne Clement
- Registered owner: Mark Wayne Clement
- Departed: 11, TRANSYLVANIA, LA
- Destination: 11, TRANSYLVANIA, LA
- Airport: 11, Prison Farm, runway 18, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,143 total, 1,143 in this make and model, 1,143 as pilot in command, 66 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MLU, 45 nm away

## 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 19820607020909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820607020909A), Jun 7, 1982: Cessna T188C, Lake Providence, LA, Substantial damage. Landed on wet grass, unable to stop tried to ground loop. Slid sideways into a ditch.

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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