# Accident 20060716031159A: Cessna 182Q, Lafayette, GA, July 16, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2006, 19:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, GA
- Airport: Barwick Lafayette
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6864° N, 85.2875° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6864&lon=-85.2875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97351 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 20 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060716031159A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 16, 2006, AT 1900 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182Q, N97351, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE OWNER AS A 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, MADE A HARD LANDING AT BARWICK LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE STUDENT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE RICHARD B. RUSSELL AIRPORT, ROME, GEORGIA, ON JULY 16, 2006, AT 1600. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED HE WAS ON HIS FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO, AND BECAME DISORIENTED ENROUTE TO THE BARWICK LAFAYETTE AIRPORT (9A5). THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED AT THE RICHARD B. RUSSELL AIRPORT, ROME, GEORGIA, TO GO OVER HIS FLIGHT PLAN AND THEN CONTINUED TO 9A5. DURING THE CONTINUATION OF HIS FLIGHT HE BECAME DISORIENTED AGAIN, AND WAS RADAR VECTORED TO 9A5. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 2 HE FLARED THE AIRPLANE HIGH, AND LANDED HARD ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH.

## 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 ATL06CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA107), Jul 16, 2006: Cessna 182Q (N97351), Lafayette, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.

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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