# NTSB ATL83IA050: Boeing 737-201, N798N, Winston-Salem, NC, December 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: December 5, 1982, 21:31 local (Dec 6, 1982, 02:31 UTC)
- Place: Winston-Salem, NC
- Location: 36.1337° N, 80.2220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH REYNOLDS (INT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1337&lon=-80.2220&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 5, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73074
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83IA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73074/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83IA050

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - turbulence(thunderstorms) (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - thunderstorm (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - windshear (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE FLT FROM BUFFALO WAS REPORTED AS CHOPPY & THE CHOP CONTINUED DURING THE DESCENT. WX WAS NOTED ON THE AIRBORNE RADAR SW & NW OF THE ARPT. AS THE ACFT APPROACHED THE OUTER MARKER THE CREW OBSERVED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING NEAR THE ARPT & WERE INFROMED THAT A THUNDERSTORM WAS 2-3 MI WEST OF THE ARPT, MOVING TOWARDS THE ARPT. THE RAIN WAS LIGHT AT THE OUTER MARKER, BUT AS THEY PROCEEDED INBOUND THE INTENSITY INCREASED. THE PLT STATED HE THOUGHT THEY HAD MORE SPACE TO FLARE. HE REPORTED THAT THE LANDING WAS NOT HARD, BUT THE ACFT BOUNCED & ON THE SECOND CONTACT THE NOSE CAME DOWN TO THERWY. THE NOSE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED AFT INTO THE LOWER FUSELAGE DAMAGING THE BULKHEAD AT STATION 294.5. THE FLIGHT RECORDERREADOUT REVEALED A SUDDEN INCREASE IN AIRSPEED & SINK RATE DURING THE LAST 8 SECS PRIOR TO RWY CONTACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N798N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-201
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22751
- Airframe hours: 1814
- Engines: P&W JT8D-15 14500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Piedmont Airlines
- Registered owner: Piedmont Airlines
- Departed: BUFFALO, NY
- Destination: WINSTON-SALEM, NC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: INT, Smith Reynolds, runway 33, 6,654 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; airline transport, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 11,500 total, 3,300 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days, 60 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 154 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: INT

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Incident 19821205070649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821205070649I), Dec 5, 1982: Boeing 737201, Winston Salem, NC, Minor damage. Encountered wind shear on short final. Landed downwind with a thunderstorm in the vicinity. Nose gear collapsed.

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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