Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary ATL86FA029

BRYSON CITY, NC, USA

Aircraft #1

N9547E

CESSNA 182R

Analysis

THE ACFT MADE A NORMAL APCH AND HAD THE FLAPS DOWN TO ABOUT 15 DEG. TOUCH DOWN AS ABOUT ONE THIRD DOWN THE RWY. THERE WAS A BOUNCE AND THE RIGHT WING CAME UP AND THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RWY. POWER WAS APPLIED AND THE ACFT PARALLELED THE RWY. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED SEVERAL SMALL LIMBS OF TREES ALONG THE SIDE OF THE GRASSY AREA. IT LIFTED OFF ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE TURN AROUND ON THE EAST END OF THE ARPT. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED A TREE AND THE ACFT ROLLED LEFT AND DOVE INTO THE RIVER ABOUT 200 FT BELOW. THERE WAS A VARIABLE CROSS WIND. THERE WERE SKID MARKS IN THE GRASS AND ON THE ASPHALT TURNAROUND.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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