ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 383508
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| Date: | Sunday 22 August 1982 |
| Time: | 10:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182P |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9398G |
| MSN: | 18260938 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1968 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Batesville, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Batesville, GA |
| Batesville, GA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING, HE FLARED NORMALLY AT WHAT HE PERCEIVED TO BE THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD. HE WAS SURPRISED WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON AN UPSLOPE, ABOUT 15 FEET SHORT OF THE MARKED THRESHOLD AND SEVERAL FEET BELOW THE RUNWAY LEVEL. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF AND THE FUSELAGE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE SLOPING AREA BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY HAD RECENTLY BEEN MOWED. DESPITE THE PAINTED MARKERS, HE WAS NOT CONVINCED, IN FLIGHT, THAT THE RUNWAY DID NOT BEGIN WHERE THE GRASS HAD BEEN CUT ON THE UPSLOPE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL82DA246
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 October 2018 | N9398G | 0 | Opelika, Alabama | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Apr-2024 01:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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