- Date
- August 22, 1982, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Batesville, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9398GCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820822040309A
- Case key
- 69889
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Analysis
The pilot reported that during the landing, he flared normally at what he perceived to be the runway threshold. He was surprised when he touched down hard on an upslope, about 15 feet short of the marked threshold and several feet below the runway level. The nose gear was sheared off and the fuselage was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that the sloping area beyond the end of the runway had recently been mowed. Despite the painted markers, he was not convinced, in flight, that the runway did not begin where the grass had been cut on the upslope.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9398G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260938
- Airframe hours
- 1,968
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dr. James G. Killebrew
- Registered owner
- Lark Flying Service
- Departed
- Batesville, GA
- Destination
- Batesville, GA
- Airport
- King Sky Ranch, runway 3, 1,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 684 total · 468 in this make and model · 560 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 171 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AND, 47 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.
Other investigations on N9398G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.