Cessna 182Q N97351

Summary

On 16 July 2006 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 182Q registered N97351, operated by Robert A Mcnew, was involved in an accident near Lafayette, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 July 2006 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lafayette, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

34.6864, -85.2875

Aircraft

Cessna 182Q

Registration

N97351

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert A Mcnew

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rome → Lafayette

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL06CA107

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot stated that he was on his first solo cross-country solo, and became disorientated en route to the Barwick Lafayette Airport (9A5). He landed at the Richard B Russell Airport, Rome, Georgia, to go over his flight plan and then continue to 9A5. During the continuation of his flight he became disorientated again, contacted air traffic control, and was radar vectored to 9A5. The student pilot stated that during the landing on runway 2 he flared the airplane high, and landed hard on the runway. The airplane veered off of the left side of the runway, down an embankment, and collided with a ditch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.