# Accident 19971123034249A: Cessna 182A, Waycross, GA, November 23, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1997, 11:20 local time
- Place: Waycross, GA
- Airport: Waycross-Wadelo Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2608° N, 82.3867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2608&lon=-82.3867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48310, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48310-1998-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 240 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971123034249A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RUNWAY BLOCKED BY OTHER AIRCRAFT. APPLIED POWER TO GO AROUND. ENGINE HESITATED. STRUCK TREES. (.4)THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AFTER ANOTHER AIRPLANE WHICH HAD STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY.  HE TRANSMITTED THREE TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE OTHER AIRPLANE TO EXPEDITE OFF THE RUNWAY.  HE THEN EXECUTED A GO-AROUND USING FULL POWER AND LOW PITCH.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED BRIEFLY, THEN SPUTTERED, AND THE PROPELLER BEGAN WINDMILLING.  THE AIRPLANE THEN IMPACTED THE TREES TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT STATED HE HAD BOTH AUTOMOBILE GASOLINE AND AVGAS IN THE AIRPLANE AT THE TIME OF THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE FAA INSPECTOR STATED THAT AFTER EXAMINING THE ENGINE, SHE FOUND THERE WAS FUEL IN THE GASCOLATOR, CARBURETOR, AND FUEL LINE.  SHE ALSO NOTED THE SPARK PLUGS APPEARED NORMAL, THE INTAKE WAS NORMAL, AND BOTH MAGNETOS WERE ABLE TO FIRE.                                    (-23) ON 11/23/97, AT APPROXIMATELY 1210 LOCAL TIME, JOHN A. DARRAUGH, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 50620959, WAS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF A CESSAN 182 AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N48310.  HE WAS OPERATING UNDER FAR PA                                                        RT 91, TRANSPORTING SPORT PARACHUTE JUMPERS FROM THE WAYCROSS-WARE COUNTY AIRPORT. AFTER DROPPING FOUR JUMPERS, HE DESCENDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36 AT THE AIRPORT.  WHILE ON DOWNWIND, HE HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ANNOUNCE THE DOWNWIND LEG (UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT). MR. DARRAUGH THEN ANNOUNCED NUMBER TWO TO LAND.  ON THE FINAL APPROACH, MR. DARRAUGH ATTEMPTED TO SLOW HIS APPROACH WITH IDLE POWER TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE SPACING ON THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM.  THE FIRST AIRCRAFT EXECUTED A FULL STOP LANDING AND WAS STILL ON THE RUNWAY WHEN MR. DARRAUGH WAS ON SHORT FINAL.  SINCE THE FIRST AIRCRAFT WAS NOT EXPEDITING OFF THE RUNWAY, MR. DARRAUGH BECAME TOO CLOSE TO SAFELY LAND DUE TO IMPROPER SPACING.  AT APPROXIMATELY MID-FIELD, MR. DARRAUGH ELECTED TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND.  WHEN HE ADDED FULL POWER AND TURNED LEFT HIS ENGINE FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY AND BEGAN SPUTTERING.  HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO TURN BACK TO THE FIELD, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE OR AIRSPEED AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A TREE LINE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE AIRPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL98LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA014), Nov 23, 1997: Cessna 182A (N48310), Waycross, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N48310 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930124003479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930124003479I), Jan 24, 1993: Cessna 182A (N48310), Waycross, GA. After spiral down to airport pilot added power. No response. Landed in field. No malfunctions were detected.
- [Incident 19860530039639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860530039639I), May 30, 1986: Cessna 182A (N48310), Mckinney, TX, 1 fatal. Jumper appeared to pull the main chute cutaway instead of the ripcord. Pulled reserve too late. Impacted the ground.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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