# NTSB ATL86LA038: Cessna 182Q, N4707N, Stone Mountain, GA, December 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 7, 1985, 19:25 local (Dec 8, 1985, 00:25 UTC)
- Place: Stone Mountain, GA
- Coordinates: 33.799457, -84.170814 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7995&lon=-84.1708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7043
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7043/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA038

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4707N), registered now, S/N 18267297 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 182-67297
- Airframe hours: 780
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851207061729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851207061729A), Dec 7, 1985: Cessna 182Q, Stone Mountain, GA, Substantial damage. Hard bounced landing before go around. Damage to firewall discovered after flight for repair of cracked fairing.

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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