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ATL82FA212 · Cessna 182A

25 Jul 1982 · Louisburg, NC, United States

Franklin County Cessna 182A · Accident: loss of control in flight during initial climb

From Triangle North Executive Airport (LFN) to Triangle North Executive Airport (LFN)

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Event

NTSB case
ATL82FA212
Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
Completed
API-reported fatalities
4 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
General aviation
WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
Visual Meteorological Cond

Cessna 182A

Aircraft type
Cessna 182
Category
Airplane
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
N5188D
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From Triangle North Executive Airport (LFN), Louisburg, NCTo Triangle North Executive Airport (LFN), Louisburg, NC
Aircraft age
Not recorded
Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
Part 91: General Aviation
Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
Initial climb
First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
Loss of control in flight
Also codedOther events the NTSB coded in the sequence, such as a wire strike after a loss of power. Flight Findings uses them for its kinds of event. Glossary
Tree(s)
DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
Destroyed

Cause areas

  • Company/operator management › Improper transition/upgrade training
  • Pilot in command › Aircraft weight and balance, exceeded
  • Pilot in command › Lack of familiarity with aircraft
  • Pilot in command › Lack of total experience
  • Pilot in command › Lack of total experience in type of aircraft
  • Pilot in command › Preflight planning/preparation, inadequate

Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.

NTSB narrative

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE TAKEOFF ROLL AS BEING UNUSUALLY LONG. THE ACFT NEVER CLIMBED MUCH ABOVE 100-200 FT AGL, & STRUCK TREES 1/2 MI OFF THE END OF THE RWY. THE FLAPS WERE OBSERVED UP DURING TAKEOFF. NORMAL TAKEOFF FLAP SETTING USED BY THE CLUB FOR CARRYING JUMPERS IS 10 DEG. THE ACFT WAS 166 POUNDS OVER MAX GROSS WEIGHT & THE CG WAS BEYOND THE AFT LIMIT. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FT. THE PLT HAD NEVER FLOWN A C-182 OR A CONSTANT SPEED PROPELLER EQUIPPED ACFT PRIOR TO HIS CHECKOUT WITH THE PARACHUTE CLUB THE WEEK BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD CARRIED ANY JUMPERS. THE PLT HAD AGREED TO FLY FOR THE CLUB FOR NO COMPENSATION OTHER THAN TO BUILD FLT TIME.

Verbatim NTSB analysis from the NTSB dataset

Sources

NTSB record ATL82FA212
Event ID
20020917X02847
Case number
ATL82FA212
Dataset
historical-pre2008
Source SHA-256
89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
  • Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
  • Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
  • The date is the local date, which is the same as the UTC date the NTSB stores.
  • API snapshot SHA-256: 7f79e21c77d3db72bcf188c493883cabe38067cb50da13a146168fee381a1db9; retrieved 2026-09-21T08:03:04.406Z.