- Date
- August 2, 1991, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Macon, NC
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3146RCessna 182L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910802034339A
- Case key
- 8450
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to accurately judge the distance required to stop the airplane. A factor in the accident was the wet, grass runway surface at the time of the accident.
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
After touchdown on the 1900 foot grass strip, the pilot noted that the wheel brakes were not effective. He could not bring the airplane to a stop in the remaining runway length. The nose gear contacted a ditch at the end of the runway and collapsed. Structural damage to the fuselage and firewall resulted. The pilot reported that the grass was wet from dew at the time of the accident. He reported no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3146R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258546
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R25, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Maddox, Herman H., III
- Registered owner
- Hyers, Kemper K.
- Departed
- W98 · Richmond, VA
- Airport
- 4W6 · Nocarva, runway 18, 1,900 × 100 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,035 total · 54 in this make and model · 935 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.