- Date
- December 7, 1985, 19:25 local (Dec 8, 1985, 00:25 UTC)
- Place
- Stone Mountain, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4707NCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851207061729A
- Case key
- 7043
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After an IFR flight into his home area, pilot changed dest to land on his home airport. Made a VFR pattern to land on rwy 17. Plt stated that he flared too late, hit the runway, bounced real high and went around. Made a soft field ldg and when tying acft down noted cracked nose gear fairing and wrinkled engine cowling. Mechanic assessed the damage to be substantial.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4707N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-67297
- Airframe hours
- 780
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis J Joiner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1985
- Departed
- GMU · Greenville, SC
- Destination
- 00A · Stone Mountain, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OOA · Stone Mountain, runway 17, 3,000 × 40 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 578 total · 300 in this make and model · 505 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 18 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.