# NTSB ATL83LA193: Cessna 182P, N8074M, Nashville, TN, May 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 20, 1983, 20:53 local (May 21, 1983, 01:53 UTC)
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Coordinates: 36.110015, -86.660598 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1100&lon=-86.6606&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6068
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA193
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6068/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA193

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A POWERLINE WHILE ON AN ILS APPROACH.THE WEATHER WAS VMC BUT SCATTERED CLOUDS AND A DARK NIGHT NECESSITATED THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED WHILE RE-SETTING HIS DIRECTIONAL GYRO AND DESCENDED BELOW THE GLIDE SLOPE DURING THE APPROACH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8074M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264537
- Airframe hours: 1332
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jennings S. Bond
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 3, 1982, 51 hours before
- Departed: MO13, LUTESVILLE, MO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BNA, Nashville Metro, runway 2L, 7,702 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 2,152 total, 1,234 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,400 ft overcast
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BNA, 2 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830520022969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830520022969A), May 20, 1983: Cessna 182P, Nashville, TN, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed short of runway during night ILS approach.

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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