Cessna 182B N7198E

Summary

On 8 September 1984 at about 11:15 local time, a Cessna 182B registered N7198E was involved in an accident near Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 September 1984 at 11:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Enochville Airport

Coordinates

35.4995, -80.6705

Aircraft

Cessna 182B

Registration

N7198E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Charleston → Wilkesboro

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84LA283

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT BECAUSE OF GRND FOG IN WILKERSBORO, NC, HE DIVERTED TO KANNAPOLIS, NC. UPON ARRIVING OVER ENOCHUILLE AIRPORT, HE OBSERVED THAT GRND FOG WAS PRESENT ON THE LAKE WHICH IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE ARPT. DUE TO THE FOG, THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TOWARD THE LAKE. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE GRASS RWY WAS WET. AFTER TOUCHDOWN & EXPERIENCING 'NO BRAKING ACTION' THE PLT ADDED PWR TO GO-AROUND. THE ACFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE 1800 FT LONG RWY, WHICH WAS SLOPED DOWNWARD FOR ITS LAST 300 FT & FAILED TO BECOME AIRBORNE. THEREAFTER, THE ACFT ROLLED INTOTHE LAKE & SANK IN 25 FT OF WATER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.