- Date
- January 31, 1990, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Augusta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6846DCessna 425
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900131001379A
- Case key
- 8205
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during the go-around. A factor related to the accident was: the pilot's delay in initiating the go-around.
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 pilot detected an unacceptable sink rate on short final approach and initiated a go-around. After applying power & retracting the landing gear, the left wing dropped & struck the runway. The aircraft then ground looped & came to rest with substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6846D
- Reported as
- Cessna 425
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 425-0078
- Airframe hours
- 1,392
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-112, 450 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Morris Communication Corp.
- Registered owner
- Morris Communication Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · December 7, 1989 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- CAE · Columbia, SC
- Destination
- AGS
- Airport
- AGS · Bush Field, runway 35, 8,000 × 150 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,788 total · 308 in this make and model · 1,807 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- A65
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.