# NTSB MIA85LA181: Cessna 182, N21211, St. Marys, GA, May 30, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 30, 1985, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: St. Marys, GA
- Coordinates: 30.750207, -81.570549 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7502&lon=-81.5705&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31406
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31406/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA181

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE ESTABLISHED A NORMAL APCH OVER THE TREES TO THE 2000 FT DRY SOD RWY. AFTER CLEARING THE TREES, A HIGH SINK RATE DEVELOPED WHICH WAS NOT ARRESTED UNTIL THE ACFT IMPACTED THE RWY ON ALL THREE WHEELS, SLID 66 FT, THEN NOSED OVER. THE PLT STATED THAT WIND SHEAR OR TURBULENCE MAY BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT. THE WINDS WERE ALIGNED WITHIN 10 DEGS OF THE RWY ALIGNMENT AT 12 KNOTS. NO WIND GUSTS WERE REPORTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N21211](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21211-1991-03-18), registration cancelled 1991-03-18, S/N 18261490 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18261490
- Airframe hours: 2704
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Clarence R. Shoop
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 29, 1985
- Departed: 4J6, ST. MARYS, GA
- Destination: GA20, CUMBERLAND IS., GA
- Airport: GA20, Cumberland Island, runway 13, 2,000 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,328 total, 606 in this make and model, 1,169 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: 1J1, 20 nm away

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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