# NTSB ATL06CA107: Cessna 182Q, N97351, Lafayette, GA, July 16, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 16, 2006, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Lafayette, GA
- Coordinates: 34.686389, -85.287498
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6864&lon=-85.2875&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Atlanta FSDO-11
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64111
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL06CA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64111/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA107

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182Q
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267065
- Airframe hours: 3084
- Engines: 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.

- Student pilot; age 67; injuries: none; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060716031159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060716031159A), Jul 16, 2006: Cessna 182Q, Lafayette, GA, Substantial damage. (-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…

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.

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