# NTSB ATL83LA258: Cessna 182L, N70517, Charlotte, NC, July 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1983, 20:30 local (Jul 7, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Location: 35.2271° N, 80.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2271&lon=-80.8431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6116
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA258
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6116/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA258

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal brake system - failure,total (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY DURING LANDING. THE WIND WAS LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO CALM. THE PLT USED AERODYNAMIC BRAKING UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE TO GO AROUND. WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES HE FOUND THAT THEY WERE SPONGY AND INEFFECTUAL. AN AFTER ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE BRAKES BY A QUALIFIED MECHANIC REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N70517](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70517), registered now, S/N 18259285, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259285
- Airframe hours: 1668
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-RZ5 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Precision Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 10, 1983, 25 hours before
- Departed: 8A6, CHARLOTTE, NC
- Airport: 8A6, Wilgrove, runway 35, 3,000 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,144 total, 16 in this make and model, 3 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830706031059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830706031059A), Jul 6, 1983: Cessna 182L, Charlotte, NC, Substantial damage. Ran off end of runway after brakes failed. Aircraft rolled slowly until wing struck a tree.

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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