# NTSB ATL84LA081: Cessna 182M, N91625, Dalton, GA, January 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 15, 1984, 13:38 local (18:38 UTC)
- Place: Dalton, GA
- Location: 34.7229° N, 84.8702° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALTON MUNI (DNN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7229&lon=-84.8702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6407
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6407/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA081

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft weight and balance - exceeded, pilot in command
  - weather condition - icing conditions (cause)
  - weather evaluation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft performance - deteriorated (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - uncontrolled
  - altitude - not possible, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

PLT RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING APRX 1 HR PRIOR TO FLT DURING WHICH '...A CHANCE OF LIGHT ICING' WAS FORECAST. APRX 30 MINS AFTER TAKEOFF AT 6000 FT MSL LIGHT RAIN WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE PLT STATED THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF ICE BEGAN TO FORM ON THE STRUT AND HE REQUESTED A CLIMB TO 8000 FT MSL. N91625 WAS THEN CLEARED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE CLOUD LAYER, HOWEVER, HEAVY ICING BEGAN TO ACCUMULATE AND THE ACFT COULD NOT CLIMB ABOVE 7300 FT MSL. A 300 TO 400 FPM DESCENT DEVELOPED AND THE ACFT WAS CLEARED TO DALTON, GA, VIA RADAR VECTORS. THE PLT REPORTED, 'SUDDENLY, AT A HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY FIFTY FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO VEER AS THOUGH LEFT RUDDER HAD BEEN APPLIED, ALTHOUGH THE RUDDER PEDAL HAD NOT BEEN MOVED.' THE ACFT THEN HEAVILY CONTACTED THE GROUND COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. A WITNESS STATED APRX 3/4 INCH OF ICE WAS PRESENT ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WINGS, 1/2 INCH ON THE FUSELAGE AND APRX 1 INCH ON THE BELLY. IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THE ACFT WAS LOADED APRX 200 LBS OVER GROSS WEIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N91625](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91625-2006-12-08), registration cancelled 2006-12-08, S/N 18259849, built 1969 (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: 18259849
- Airframe hours: 1950
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William K. Carroll
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 7, 1983, 159 hours before
- Departed: PDK, ATLANTA, GA
- Destination: MDW, CHICAGO, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: DNN, Dalton Municipal, runway 14, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,015 total, 500 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DNN

## 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 19840115000769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840115000769A), Jan 15, 1984: Cessna 182M, Dalton, GA, Substantial damage. Stalled on final approach due to heavy airframe ice. Light icing and available tops were incorrectly forecast.

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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