# NTSB ATL89LA009: Cessna 182, N736EK, Lexington, NC, October 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 7, 1988, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Lexington, NC
- Location: 35.7811° N, 80.3038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVIDSON COUNTY EXEC (EXX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7811&lon=-80.3038&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7938
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL89LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7938/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89LA009

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vref) - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - aborted landing - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

DURING FINAL APPROACH TO RWY 26 A CROSSWIND SHIFTED TO A TAILWIND. THE PLT RPRTD A FULL FLAP/CARB HEAT TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE DESPITE 14 KNOTS AIRSPEED. INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINED AND FULL THROTTLE WAS APPLIED FOR GO-AROUND. FLAPS AND CARB HEAT WERE NOT REPOSITIONED. AFTER 3-5 SECS ENGINE HAD NOT RESPONDED. THROTTLE WAS CLOSED AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RWY OVERRUN. ENGINE TESTS CONFIRMED AVG 4 SECOND HESITATION TO FULL THROTTLE RESPONSE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N736EK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736EK-1993-09-08), registration cancelled 1993-09-08, S/N R18200724 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R-18200724
- Airframe hours: 1099
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-L3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: INT, WINSTON-SALEM, NC
- Airport: EXX, Lexington, runway 26, 3,300 × 65 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 347 total, 8 in this make and model, 275 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: INT, 25 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 19881007048369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881007048369A), Oct 7, 1988: Cessna TR182, Lexington, NC, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on rwy from a fast landing with quarter tail and shifting wind. Ran off end after no engine response

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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