# NTSB ATL85LA163: Cessna 182A, N3937D, Dover, TN, May 9, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 9, 1985, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Dover, TN
- Coordinates: 36.480197, -87.840377 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4802&lon=-87.8404&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): 6797
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6797/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA163

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT AND HIS PAX, A PRIVATE PLT, FLEW TO ANOTHER ARPT AND MADE SEVERAL TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. THEN RETURNED TO THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHERE THEIR FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED. THE STUDENT PLT WAS AT THE CONTROLS ON THIS APCH. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE AFTER PASSING OVER SOME BUMPS IN THE RUNWAY AND HE ADDED POWER. THE ACFT WAS LANDED AGAIN AND THE BRAKES WERE USED IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE ACFT. THE BRAKES PULLED TO THE RIGHT AND THE ACFT SWERVED INTO A TREE STUMP THEN NOSED INTO A BANK ALONG SIDE THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3937D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3937D-2012-12-11), registration cancelled 2012-12-11, S/N 34637, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34637
- Airframe hours: 2123
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Frankie Outlaw
- Registered owner: Para Divers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 3, 1984
- Airport: runway 9, 1,300 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 50 total, 20 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HOP, 20 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 19850509049939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850509049939A), May 9, 1985: Cessna 182A, Dover, TN, Substantial damage. Student carrying passenger landed fast, bounced, applied brakes veered and wing hit stump. First flight in a 182.

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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