# NTSB ATL93LA096: Cessna 182Q, N47GE, Hartselle, AL, May 23, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 23, 1993, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Hartselle, AL
- Coordinates: 34.429206, -86.929992 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4292&lon=-86.9300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 3214
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL93LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/3214/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA096

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF DISTANCE AND SPEED DURING THE APPROACH AND LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47GE), registered now, S/N 18266717, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266717
- Airframe hours: 1729
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930523014769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930523014769A), May 23, 1993: Cessna 182Q, Hartselle, AL, Substantial damage. Unable to stop on short Private strip on landing. Slid off end into ditch. Cut, dry matted grass deleted traction.

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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