- Date
- January 18, 1983, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70872Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830118001239A
- Case key
- 5998
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During arrival, the pilot entered the traffic to land at owens field, an uncontrolled airport. He stated that the wind sock was limp despite a weather briefing to expect northwesterly winds at 8 to 20 KTS. He stated that he had allowed for strong winds by holding higher than normal airspeed on final approach. Nevertheless, just before touchdown, a wind condition was encountered that caused the plane to descend rapidly despite the application of power. The aircraft bounced about 10 ft in the air. On the second touchdown, the nose gear and propeller was damaged. The pilot stated that he did not go around because of the wind conditions and obstacles at the end of the relatively short runway. The pilot of another aircraft landed soon thereafter and reportedly encountered wind shear in the same area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70872
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259402
- Airframe hours
- 1,776
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas W. Kindred
- Registered owner
- Energy Systems, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1982 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- 9A9 · Marion, NC
- Airport
- CUB · Owens, runway 25, 3,456 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 229 total · 130 in this make and model · 171 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.