# NTSB ATL82DA111: Cessna 320A, N600JR, Paintsville, KY, April 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1982, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Paintsville, KY
- Coordinates: 37.810707, -82.79914 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8107&lon=-82.7991&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72139
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72139/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA111

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - windshear (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED ENCOUNTERING WIND SHEAR AT ABOUT 300 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 31. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CRABBED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT RUDDER WAS APPLIED. ALSO, HE REPORTED THAT THE PLANE STALLED ABOUT SIX TO TEN FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD IN A NEAR LEVEL ATTITUDE. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING SPARS, A MAIN GEAR ATTACH BRACKET, AND THE ENGINE MOUNTS. THE PILOT REPORTED THE SURFACE WIND FROM 260 DEGREES AT 10 GUSTING 15 KNOTS. ALSO, THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE DID NOT USE POWER THROUGHOUT THE LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N600JR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600JR-2017-05-22), registration cancelled 2017-05-22, S/N 320A0028, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320A
- Registry model: [Cessna 320A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320a) (registry code 2074506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSI0-470-B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (registry code 17029, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0028
- Airframe hours: 4457
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-470B 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Paul&Lowell Branham
- Registered owner: Paul&Lowell Branham
- Departed: 3I6, PAINTSVILLE, KY
- Destination: 3I6, PAINTSVILLE, KY
- Airport: 3I6, Combs, runway 31, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,058 total, 232 in this make and model, 937 as pilot in command, 39 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 10 knots
- Temperature: 158 °F

## 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 19820421010709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820421010709A), Apr 21, 1982: Cessna 320A, Paintsville, KY, Substantial damage. Dropped out on leveloff for landing in gusty crosswind. Level impact with runway bent wing spars. Other damage.

## Other investigations on N600JR (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA96FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96FA094), May 15, 1996: Cessna 320A (N600JR), Provo, UT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A fuel leak most probably ignited by hot exhaust gases from the leaking right engine manifold exhaust system, the decision by the pilots to operate the aircraft with knowledge of the fuel leak, and…

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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