- Date
- July 16, 2006, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lafayette, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N97351Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Atlanta FSDO-11
- FAA report
- 20060716031159A
- Case key
- 64111
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated that he was on his first solo cross-country solo, and became disorientated en route to the Barwick Lafayette Airport (9A5). He landed at the Richard B Russell Airport, Rome, Georgia, to go over his flight plan and then continue to 9A5. During the continuation of his flight he became disorientated again, contacted air traffic control, 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.
Factual narrative
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 Airport, Lafayette, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage. The student pilot 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 disorientated 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 continue to 9A5. During the continuation of his flight he became disorientated again, contacted air traffic control, 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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97351
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267065
- Airframe hours
- 3,084
- Engine
- Continental O-470U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert A Mcnew
- Registered owner
- Robert A Mcnew
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 2006 · 2.5 hours before
- Departed
- RMG · Rome, GA
- Destination
- 9A5 · Lafayette, GA
- Airport
- runway 2, 5,412 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 20 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- KCHA
FAA reports on this event · 1
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