# Incident 20240401006359I: Cessna 182A, Waycross, GA, April 1, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2024, 19:00 local time
- Place: Waycross, GA
- Airport: Waycross-Ware County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2484° N, 82.3954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAYCROSS-WARE COUNTY (AYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2484&lon=-82.3954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N163H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N163H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,155 total, 510 in this make and model, 212 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240401006359I

## Narrative

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

INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT WERE OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE ENDORSEMENT. INSTRUCTOR REQUESTED THE PILOT TO PERFORM A SHORT FIELD LANDING. THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL FLAPS FOR A STEEP APPROACH FOR LANDING AND FLARED A FEW FEET BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. AS THE PLANE SLOWED, THE PILOT HELD THE PLANE FEW FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT STALLED ABRUPTLY. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE STALL BUT WAS UNABLE. THE NOSE DROPPED, AND THE NOSE WHEEL HIT THE RUNWAY FIRST. THE IMPACT CAUSED SLIGHT BUCKLING ON THE BELLY AND FIREWALL SKIN. THE NOSE WHEEL REMAINED INFLATED, THE NOSE STRUT REMAINED INTACT, AND THE PROPELLER HAD NO INDICATIONS THAT IT CONTACTED THE GROUND.

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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