- Date
- March 7, 1985, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1610MCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850307005939A
- Case key
- 21690
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A pvt plt was practicing short fld landings under instruction of a CFI. The instructor failed to take effective remedial action soon enough to correct a slow airspeed which developed into a high sink rate resulting in an undershot. The acft landed short of the airstrip, touched down on the nose gear and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1610M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264395
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kerry M. Stepp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- Stepp Arpt, runway 18, 2,000 × ft, dirt
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYR, 25 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.