# NTSB FTW84LA251: Cessna 182Q, N95981, Whitney, TX, May 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1984, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Whitney, TX
- Coordinates: 31.939155, -97.320343 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9392&lon=-97.3203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21349
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA251
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21349/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA251

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,wind direction indicator - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95981), registered now, S/N 18266697, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266697
- Airframe hours: 1288
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840527076169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840527076169A), May 27, 1984: Cessna 182Q, Whitney, TX, Substantial damage. Ran off runway end and through ditch. Came to rest inverted. Landed with strong tailwind.

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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