# NTSB ATL83LA089: Cessna 182M, N70872, Columbia, SC, January 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1983, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Coordinates: 33.990707, -81.029823 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9907&lon=-81.0298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5998
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA089
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5998/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA089

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - windshear (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70872), registered now, S/N 18259402, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259402
- Airframe hours: 1776
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830118001239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830118001239A), Jan 18, 1983: Cessna 182M, Columbia, SC, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed hard in gusty wind condition causing substantial damage.

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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