# NTSB FTW85LA141: Cessna 182, N1610M, Athens, TX, March 7, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 7, 1985, 11:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Athens, TX
- Coordinates: 32.19939, -95.849411 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1994&lon=-95.8494&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21690
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA141
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21690/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA141

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - airspeed - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1610M), registered now, S/N 18264395, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264395
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850307005939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850307005939A), Mar 7, 1985: Cessna 182P, Athens, TX, Substantial damage. Landed short of runway in plowed ground. Nose wheel struck ridge and nose wheel collapsed. Aircraft flipped over.

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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