# Accident 20010728022669A: Cessna 182B, Headland, AL, July 28, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2001, 13:27 local time
- Place: Headland, AL
- Airport: Headland Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3667° N, 85.3100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3667&lon=-85.3100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7202E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7202E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010728022669A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JULY 28, 2001, ABOUT 1327 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182B, N7202E, REGISTERED TO, AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PARACHUTE JUMPING FLIGHT, CRASHED WHILE LANDING AT HEADLAND, ALABAMA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1315. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE PILOT HAD EXECUTED A PARACHUTE DROP, AND WAS RETURNING TO LAND. THE WITNESS FURTHER STATED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING, IT APPEARED TO BE PERFECTLY POSITIONED BUT AL OF A SUDDEN THE NOSE PITCHED UP, AS IF THE PILOT DECIDED TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. ACCORDING TO THE WITNESS, DURING THE GO-AROUND THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALTITUDE, AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAME TO REST, NOSE DOWN, ABOUT 300 YARDS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT THE COLLISION DAMAGED BOTH AIRCRAFT WINGS. (-23) PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE QUIT AT 8000', BUT HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND FLEW A NORMAL PATTERN TO RUNWAY 9 AT HEADLAND AIRPORT. HE STATED T            HAT AS HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND HE FELT HE WAS TOO HIGH AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A GO AROUND. IT WAS AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE QUIT. EYE WITNESSES STATED THAT HE CROSSED THE END OF RUNWAY 9 AT NO MORE THAN 300'AGL AND HAD PLENTY OF RUNWAY LEFT BUT ELECTED TO TURN AND GO-AROUND.

## 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 MIA01LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA197), Jul 28, 2001: Cessna 182B (N7202E), Headland, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to perform a go-around while on short final to an available runway following loss of engine power for undetermined reasons when engine power was regained momentarily,…

## Other reports on N7202E (1)

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

- [Accident 19910420011619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910420011619A), Apr 20, 1991: Cessna 182B (N7202E), Elberta, AL, Substantial damage. On approach for landing after para drop engine quit. Landed soft field. Nosed over. Carb icing conditions existed.

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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