# NTSB ATL83LA228: Cessna 182-M, N91660, St. Simons Is., GA, June 12, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 12, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: St. Simons Is., GA
- Coordinates: 31.500549, -82.849533 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5005&lon=-82.8495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6094
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6094/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA228

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - throttle/power control - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A HARD LANDING AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT RECALLED THAT A TOUCHDOWN WAS ACCOMPLISHED AFTER WHICH THE ACFT BALLONED AND RE-LANDED HARD FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL BOUNCES UNTIL THE ACFT CAME TO REST. EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE NOSE GEAR HAD PARTIALLY COLLAPSED WITH PROP AND ENGINE MOUNT DAMAGE PENETRATING THE FIREWALL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N91660 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182-M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 226807R
- Airframe hours: 2621
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R255 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Norman H. Baker
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, March 15, 1983, 15 hours before
- Departed: AUGUSTA, GA
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: Mckinnon, runway 4, 5,911 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: helicopter; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 303 total, 99 in this make and model, 287 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 5° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SSI

## 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 19830612026619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830612026619A), Jun 12, 1983: Cessna 182M, St Simons Islan, GA, Substantial damage. Nose wheel collapsed during landing after executing VOR 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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