# NTSB ATL91LA137: Cessna 182, N6445A, Jenkinsburg, GA, July 20, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 20, 1991, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Jenkinsburg, GA
- Coordinates: 33.319553, -84.030349 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3196&lon=-84.0303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 5, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8440
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL91LA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8440/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91LA137

## Probable cause

THE SEPARATION OF THE NOSE WHEEL, DURING THE LANDING ROLL, FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,wheel - separation (cause)
  - landing gear,wheel - undetermined

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE HAD LANDED FOLLOWING A SPORT PARACHUTE FLIGHT. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT. THE NOSE STRUT DUG INTO THE SOD RUNWAY & THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER INVERTED. AN FAA INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE & NOTED THAT THE NUT & BOLT WHICH SECURED THE NOSE WHEEL WAS ABSENT. IT WAS NOT LOCATED. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE BOLT HAD BROKEN. NO MAINTENANCE TO THE NOSE WHEEL HAD BEEN RECORDED RECENTLY, & THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS LOGGED 8 MONTHS & 72 FLIGHT HOURS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6445A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6445A-1992-09-16), registration cancelled 1992-09-16, S/N 33245 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33245
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Operator: Rhodes, William C.
- Airport: 6GA2, Ben Ammons Field, runway 34, 3,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,089 total, 470 in this make and model, 1,012 as pilot in command, 91 in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCN

## 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 19910720028859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910720028859A), Jul 20, 1991: Cessna 182, Jackson, GA, Substantial damage. Nose wheel came off on landing roll. Nose fork dug in sod runway. Aircraft nosed over. Bolt retaining nut missing.

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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