- Date
- May 6, 1989, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lugoff, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4985DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890506010989A
- Case key
- 8026
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot and his failure to maintain adequate speed for the wind conditions, which resulted in a stall on final approach. His excessive use of flaps and the wind conditions were considered to be contributing factors.
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
The plt was returning to land after hauling skydivers. He rprtd that while on a short final apch to land on rwy 31 with 20 to 30 deg of flaps extended, the acft entered a high sink rate in gusty wind conditions. He said that he lowered the nose to increase speed & that he planned to arrest the sink rate in the flare, but then 'the bottom fell out' & the acftcollided with the ground in a nose low attitude. The flt manual recommended that if the rwy length permitted, crosswind landings should be performed with the flaps retract. The manufacturer estimated that 560 ft would have been required to land the acft on a hard surface with no wind & 40 deg of flaps. The rwy length was 2800 ft. the plt rprtd the wind was variable from 240 to 270 deg with gusts to 20 KTS. Aprx 20 mi southeast at shaw afb, the 1655 EDT wind was rprtd to be from 260 deg at 20 gusting 28 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4985D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51085
- Airframe hours
- 3,932
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Lugoff Para-Flite Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lugoff Para-Flite Club Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1988 · 173 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Lugoff, runway 31, 2,800 × 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,250 total · 140 in this make and model · 1,156 as pilot in command · 115 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 20 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SSC, 20 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.
Other investigations on N4985D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.