- Date
- May 7, 1985, 10:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesboro, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8579SCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850507031229A
- Case key
- 11177
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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
During the takeoff roll, the pilot noticed that the left door was open. While attempting to close the door, he failed to maintain directional control and the aircraft subsequently struck trees along the south side of runway 23.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8579S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256679
- Airframe hours
- 3,310
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Augusta Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Lawrence M. Hamas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 23, 1985
- Departed
- W13
- Destination
- Knoxville, TN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- W13 · Waynesboro, runway 23, 2,009 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 526 total · 217 in this make and model · 378 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHO, 23 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.