# NTSB ATL86FA029: Cessna 182R, N9547E, Bryson City, NC, November 19, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 19, 1985, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Bryson City, NC
- Coordinates: 35.420574, -83.440185 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4206&lon=-83.4402&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6909
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6909/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA029

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, landing
  - weather condition - crosswind
- Miscellaneous/other, landing
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - improper use of equipment/aircraft, pilot in command
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - water,rough

## Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A NORMAL APCH AND HAD THE FLAPS DOWN TO ABOUT 15 DEG. TOUCH DOWN AS ABOUT ONE THIRD DOWN THE RWY. THERE WAS A BOUNCE AND THE RIGHT WING CAME UP AND THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RWY. POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE ACFT PARALLELED THE RWY. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED SEVERAL SMALL LIMBS OF TREES ALONG THE SIDE OF THE GRASSY AREA. IT LIFTED OFF ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN AROUND ON THE EAST END OF THE ARPT. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A TREE AND THE ACFT ROLLED LEFT AND DOVE INTO THE RIVER ABOUT 200 FT BELOW. THERE WAS A VARIABLE CROSS WIND. THERE WERE SKID MARKS IN THE GRASS AND ON THE ASPHALT TURNAROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9547E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18268424
- Airframe hours: 96
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John A. & Faith L. Gehweiler
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 14, 1985, 21 hours before
- Departed: EHO, SHELBY, NC
- Airport: 6A9, Sossamon, runway 10, 2,200 × 47 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 171 total, 84 in this make and model, 96 as pilot in command, 24 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TYS, 35 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 19851119059649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851119059649A), Nov 19, 1985: Cessna 182R, Bryson City, NC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Veered off and paralled runway. Went around, hit trees, fell down embankment at end of runway. Wind very shifting.

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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