- Date
- October 14, 1988, 17:58 local (21:58 UTC)
- Place
- Brooklet, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2834YCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881014047609A
- Case key
- 7856
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Witnesses reported the plt began a low altitude, high speed pass over the rwy as he had done on several previous occasions. However, as he initiated the pass, the descent to the rwy was not arrested & the airplane 'pancaked' near the threshold. The airplane bounced back into the air & continued to fly just above the rwy in a gradual right turn. After traveling about 1200 ft, it crashed into a plowed field adjacent to the rwy. An exam of the wreckage revealed no evidence of a preexisting mechanical malfunction or failure. A pathological exam revealed no medical condition of the plt that would have resulted in the acdnt. The airplane was not equipped with a shoulder harness.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2834Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253834
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Prosser, Harry
- Registered owner
- Prosser, Harry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Dublin, GA
- Destination
- Statesboro, GA
- Airport
- 6J9 · Davis Air Park, runway 7, 2,700 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 850 total · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV, 30 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.