# Accident 20010812020589A: Cessna 182Q, Savannah, GA, August 12, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2001, 12:20 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1278° N, 81.2022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1278&lon=-81.2022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4916N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4916N-2004-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA215) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010812020589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 09 WITH WINDS 240 AT 7 KNOTS THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AT 70 KNOTS, FIRST ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE NOSE GEAR WITH AILERON INPUT APPLIED. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND BECAME AIRBORNE (ABOUT 20 FT AGL). THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AND BOUNCED AGAIN. AS THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THE PILOT ADDED POWER. THE ENGINE RESPONDED TO THE POWER INPUT, BUT THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED A BERM AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER ON ITS BACK. THE PILOTS SON, WHO WAS A PASSENGER, NOTICED THE FLAMES IN THE COCKPIT AND HELPED HIM OUT OF THE AIRPLANE. FIRE AND RESCUE UNITS RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.

## 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 MIA01LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA215), Aug 12, 2001: Cessna 182Q (N4916N), Savannah, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The delay of the pilot to perform a go-around following a bounced landing and porpoise, and failure of the pilot to maintain directional control resulting in the airplane departing the runway and…

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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