# Accident 20000825010649A: Cessna 182Q, Fayetteville, TN, August 25, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2000, 09:30 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, TN
- Airport: Fayetteville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1402° N, 86.5606° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1402&lon=-86.5606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759CW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 509 total, 182 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA247) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000825010649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATES THAT AFTER ROTATION, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 10 FEET, THE ENGINE FAULTERED (LOST POWER) AND THEN REGAINED POWER. THE A/C HAD ALREADY BEGAN A DESCENT TO THE RUNWAY AND THE RESULTING IMPACT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLY, AFFECTING THE FIREWALL, AND ALLOWING FOR PROPELLER STRIKAGE. PILOT STATES THAT AFTER IMPACT WITH POWER RESTORED A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED DUR TO LACK OF SUFFICIENT REMAINING RUNWAY. (.4)THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING CLIMBOUT, AFTER REACHING ABOUT 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE LOST POWER, THEN RESTARTED. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD STARTED DROPPING TO THE RUNWAY WHEN IT LOST POWER, AND IT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. ONE WITNESS, AN FAA LICENSED MECHANIC, WITH INSPECTION AUTHORIZATION, STATED THAT HE HEARD AND OBSERVED THE TAKEOFF, AND THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF ABOUT THE MID-LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY, AND HAD ASCENDED TO AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 10 FEET, PRIOR TO DESCENDING AND IMPACTING THE RUNWAY WITH A LOUD POPPING SOUND. HE SAID THAT AFTER THE IMPACT, A GO-AROUND WAS EXECUTED, FOLLOWED BY AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL, AS IF IT HAD BEEN DEVELOPING FULL POWER THE WHOLE                          TIME, WITH THE ONLY A SLIGHT FLUCTUATION IN SOUND THAT CORRESPONDED WITH THE PROPELLER STRIKE. THE MECHANIC FURTHER STATED THAT HE CONDUCTED A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT IT HAD INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE MECHANIC FURTHER STATED THAT HE FOUND NO PREEXISTING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA00LA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA247), Aug 25, 2000: Cessna 182Q (N759CW), Fayetteville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the takeoff/initial climb, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/mush and collision with the runway that resulted in substantial damage to…

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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