# NTSB ATL90LA059: Cessna 425, N6846D, Augusta, GA, January 31, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 31, 1990, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Augusta, GA
- Location: 33.3700° N, 81.9645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FLD (AGS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3700&lon=-81.9645&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8205
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL90LA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8205/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA059

## 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

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - runway
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6846D-1992-09-28), registration cancelled 1992-09-28, S/N 4250078 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 425
- Registry model: [Cessna 425](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-425) (registry code 2076018) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 425-0078
- Airframe hours: 1392
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900131001379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900131001379A), Jan 31, 1990: Cessna 425, Augusta, GA, Substantial damage. High sink rate on short final. Began nose high go around, left wing hit ground and aircraft cartwheeled.

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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