- Date
- May 3, 2001, 18:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Ball Ground, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N735LXCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Atlanta FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010503007419A
- Case key
- 52224
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. A factor is the ditch.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot reported the approach to land was going well, but when the airplane touched down, it veered right and then left. Finally, the airplane veered off the right side of runway 04 where it contacted a ditch and flipped inverted. Examination of the airplane failed to disclose any mechanical failures. The student pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On May 3, 2001, at 1845 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N735LX, veered off the right side of runway 04 during an attempted landing at Cherokee County Airport in Canton, Georgia. The training flight was operated by the student pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The student pilot was not injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The training flight departed Canton, Georgia, at 1830.
According to the student pilot, this was the second attempt to land on runway 04 after takeoff. The student pilot reported when the airplane touched down, it veered right and then left, and finally veered off the right side of the runway. The airplane collided with a ditch, and flipped inverted.
The student pilot stated, that prior to the flight she conducted a thorough inspection of the airplane and "all was working well". Examination of the airplane failed to disclose any mechanical failures. The student pilot did not report a mechanical problem with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735LX
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265519
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Golden Strohmeier
- Registered owner
- 735lxllc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 2001 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- X75 · Canton, GA
- Airport
- 47A · Cherokee County Airport, runway 04, 3,414 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 142 total · 61 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 14 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.