- Date
- November 23, 1992, 18:23 local (23:23 UTC)
- Place
- Macon, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N42016Cessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921123052059A
- Case key
- 33200
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to stabilize his approach to landing, resulting in the aircraft making a hard landing halfway down the runway.
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
The pilot was unable to locate the destination airport and was vectored to another airport by approach control. The pilot was told to contact tower. On short final contact with the tower was made and landing clearance was given. The aircraft made a hard landing approximately halfway down the runway and the nose landing gear collapsed. The aircraft then slid off the left side of the runway and came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42016
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258810
- Airframe hours
- 1,675
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Adamson, Vincent C.
- Registered owner
- Adamson, Vincent C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1992 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- W83 · Richmond, VA
- Airport
- MCN · Middle Georgia Regional, runway 23, 6,501 × 150 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 130 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCN, 1 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.
Other investigations on N42016 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.