- Date
- May 23, 1993, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hartselle, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N47GECessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930523014769A
- Case key
- 3214
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of distance and speed during the approach and landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that during his first attempt at a short field landing on the sod field, the aircraft bounced, slid off the end of the runway, and collided with a small ditch. He also stated that the sod was dry and freshly cut with a significant amount of thatch.
Factual narrative
On May 23, 1993, at about 1530 central daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N47GE was substantially damaged following a collision with terrain during landing at a private sod airfield near Hartselle, Alabama. Neither the flight instructor nor his private pilot student were injured in the accident. The aircraft was owned and being operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by Foam Application, Incorporated of Huntsville, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed for the local flight. The flight departed Huntsville, Alabama at about 1430.
The pilot reported that he was unable to stop the aircraft on the sod field during his first attempt at a short field landing. The aircraft bounced, and slid off the end of the runway. The aircraft then struck a small ditch and was substantially damaged. The pilot stated that the sod field was extremely dry, and had been freshly cut.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47GE
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266717
- Airframe hours
- 1,729
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Foam Application, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Foam Application, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1993 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- HSV · Huntsville, AL
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 27, 1,400 × 150 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 400 in this make and model · 3,150 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HSV, 15 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.