# NTSB ATL84LA066: Cessna P206A, N4648F, Charleston, SC, December 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 15, 1983, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Coordinates: 32.780952, -79.929145 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7810&lon=-79.9291&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6396
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6396/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA066

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT UNDERSHOT THE RWY DURING LANDING. THE WEATHER WAS VMC BUT THE LANDING WAS MADE ONE HOUR AFTER OFFICIAL SUNSET. VISIBILITY WAS REPORTED AS 10 MILES. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS REPORTED WITH THE ARPT OR ACFT EXCEPT THE PLT DURING ONE RADIO CALL SAYING HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE RADIO. DURING THE LANDING, THE NOSE WHEEL FAILED AND THE PROP WAS DAMAGED. THE ACFT SLID ABOUT 150 FT AND STOPPED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4648F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4648F), registered now, S/N P206-0248, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206A
- Registry model: [Cessna P206A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206a) (registry code 2073308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P206-0248
- Airframe hours: 1586
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-A 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Summerville Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Sidney Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, November 1, 1983, 26 hours before
- Departed: ILM, WILMINGTON, NC
- Airport: CHS, Charleston Afb/Intl, runway 21, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 3,061 total, 162 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CHS

## 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 19831215074769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831215074769A), Dec 15, 1983: Cessna 206CESSNA, Charleston, SC, Substantial damage. Damage occurred during undershoot landing.

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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