Lake Whitney State Park Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Whitney, Texas 76692
Sunday, May 27, 1984 18:10 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/27/1984
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1810
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City WHITNEY
Event State TEXAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 76692
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport LAKE WHITNEY STATE PARK
Event Location Nearest Airport ID F50
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 564
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 1750 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 150
Weather Observation Facility ID ACT
Elevation of weather observation facility 516
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 20
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 4000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 15
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 36
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 180
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 13
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 25
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 2900
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 4
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1771
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 25650
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N95981
NTSB Number FTW84LA251
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182Q
Aircraft Series Identifier 182Q
Aircraft Serial Number 18266697
Certified Max Gross Weight 2800
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Apr 16 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 14
Airframe Hours 1288
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name BLAS LOPEZ
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 1108
Aircraft Owner City DALLAS
Aircraft Owner State TX
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 75221
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name COTHRAN AVIATION
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 5104 S COLLINS
Operator City ARLINGTON
Operator State TX
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 76018
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code F54
Departure City ARLINGTON
Departure State TX
Departure Country
Departure Time 1710
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code F50
Destination City WHITNEY
Destination State TX
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 35
Runway Length 2000
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --