# NTSB ATL82DA128: Cessna A150L, N5938J, Greensboro, NC, May 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 9, 1982, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Coordinates: 36.000404, -79.760627 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0004&lon=-79.7606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70904
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA128
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70904/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA128

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE LANDING THE PILOT REPORTED HIS MISJUDGEMENT CAUSED HIM TO UNDERSHOOT AND TOUCHDOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED HE TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND SUGGESTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO THE RIGHT, POSSIBLY PRIOR TO CONTACT WITH A PLOWED FURROW.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5938J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5938J-2013-04-24), registration cancelled 2013-04-24, S/N A1500238, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150L
- Registry model: [Cessna A150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150l) (registry code 2071828) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1500238
- Airframe hours: 3015
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Farair, Inc.
- Registered owner: Farair, Inc.
- Departed: NC01, GREENSBORO, NC
- Destination: NC01, GREENSBORO, NC
- Airport: NC01, May, runway 27, 2,400 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 308 total, 207 in this make and model, 272 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °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 19820509014219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820509014219A), May 9, 1982: Cessna A150L, Greensboro, NC, Substantial damage. Landed 20 feet short of runway, sheared nose gear on a ditch. Airplane slid onto runway and burned.

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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