# Accident 19991025047129A: Cessna 182B, Atlanta, ID, October 25, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1999, 11:15 local time
- Place: Atlanta, ID
- Airport: Atlanta Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8002° N, 115.1490° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8002&lon=-115.1490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7244E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7244E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470-L (registry code 17374, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,566 total, 1,681 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA00LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991025047129A

## Narrative

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

(.4)AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, IT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE SITUATION, THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND LEFT RUDDER.  BEFORE THE PILOT COULD REGAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR COLLIDED WITH LARGE ROCKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  NO INDICATION OF A MECHANICAL FAILURE WAS FOUND.                 (-23)THE PILOT, MR. FREDERICK MUGLER, ATTEMPTING TO LAND HIS CESSNA 182B AT U59, ATLANTA, ID, TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY'S THRESHOLD (34), TO LEFT OF THE RUNWAY'S CENTERLINE AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO THE SAME RUNWAY'S CENTERLINE.  IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS ANOMOLLY HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND APPLIED FULL POWER.  IN DOING SO HIS PORT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND FOR A FEW HUNDRED FEET HIS AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE UNTIL (BECAUSE OF HIS ACUTE ANGLE TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CENTERLINE) HIS LEFT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SHEARING HIS NOSE WHEEL OFF AND CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO CONTACTED THE RUNWWAY.  THIS INTURN CAUSED HIS RIGHT WING TO CONTACT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY TURNI NG THE AIRCRAFT 90 DEGREES BACK TO HIS ORIGINAL AIRCRAFT HEADING WHEN HE FIRST TOUCHED DOWN.

## 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 SEA00LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA009), Oct 25, 1999: Cessna 182B (N7244E), Atlanta, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: Directional control not maintained by the pilot in command.

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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