# NTSB ATL02LA148: Cessna 182H, N2008X, Burnsville, NC, August 1, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 1, 2002, 13:46 local (17:46 UTC) - Place: Burnsville, NC - Coordinates: 36.45972, -80.55278 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4597&lon=-80.5528&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 25, 2003 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Charlotte FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 55414 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL02LA148 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55414/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55414 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA148 ## Probable cause The pilot misjudged distance and speed, and did not attain the proper touchdown point during landing, resulting in an overrun of the runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Overrun, landing - distance/speed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause) - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - drop-off/descending embankment ## Analysis The airplane touched down approximately 1,875 feet beyond the approach end of the 2,875-foot long runway surface. The airplane rolled off the departure end of the runway, down an embankment, and onto a dirt road where it came to rest inverted. No mechanical problems were reported with the airplane. ## Factual narrative On August 1, 2002, at 1346 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182H, N2008X, registered to two private owners, ran off the departure end of runway 32 and collided with the ground at the Mountain Air Country Club Airport in Burnsville, North Carolina. The personal flight was operated by the private 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 private pilot and two passengers were not injured. A third passenger received minor injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight departed Sevierville, Tennessee, at an undetermined time, an August 1, 2002.. According to witnesses at the airport, the pilot attempted two approaches to land before the accident landing. Witnesses further reported that during the accident approach the airplane touched down approximately 1,875 feet beyond the approach end of the 2,875-foot long runway surface. The airplane rolled off the departure end of the runway, down an embankment and onto a dirt road where it came to rest inverted Intermittent skid marks were visible on the runway surface beginning at the touchdown point and continuing approximately 800 feet. Continuous skid marks were visible on the remaining 200 feet of runway surface. Skid marks were noted through the grass where the airplane rolled down the embankment before coming to rest on the dirt road. No mechanical problems were reported with the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2008X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2008X-2013-04-09), registration cancelled 2013-04-09, S/N 18256108, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182H - Registry model: [Cessna 182H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (registry code 2072718) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18256108 - Engines: Continental O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Jeffery Hammel - Registered owner: CO-OWNERS Northcutt, Bernice & Hammel, Jeffrey - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: GKT, Sevierville, TN - Destination: 2NCO, Burnsville, NC - Airport: 2NCO, Mountain Air Airport, runway 32, 2,875 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 300 total ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 30.06 inHg - Observed at: AVL, 27 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20020801037859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020801037859A), Aug 1, 2002: Cessna 182H, Burnsville, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) During landing roll, aircraft ran off the departure end of runway 32, then nosed down an embankment onto an access road for the golf course and runway… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 12, 2003, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=55414. 33 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 33 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40195099&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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