- Date
- May 27, 1984, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Whitney, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95981Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840527076169A
- Case key
- 21349
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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
According to the plt, he was unable to stop the acft after landing on a 2000 ft asphalt rwy. The acft overran the end of the rwy & hit a ditch. The nose gear collapsed & the acft nosed over. The wind was reported blowing from 210 deg at 20 gusting 25 KTS. According to the plt, there was no 'visual wind tee' available at the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95981
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266697
- Airframe hours
- 1,288
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cothran Aviation
- Registered owner
- Blas Lopez
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 16, 1984 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- F54 · Arlington, TX
- Destination
- F50 · Whitney, TX
- Airport
- F50 · Lake Whitney State Park, runway 35, 2,000 × 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 516 total · 46 in this make and model · 336 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 13 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACT, 20 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.