Mountain Air Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Burnsville, North Carolina 28714
Thursday, August 1, 2002 13:46 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane touched down approximately 1,875 feet beyond the approach end of the 2,875-foot long runway surface. The airplane rolled off the departure end of the runway, down an embankment, and onto a dirt road where it came to rest inverted. No mechanical problems were reported with the airplane.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot misjudged distance and speed, and did not attain the proper touchdown point during landing, resulting in an overrun of the runway.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 8/1/2002
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1346
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Burnsville
Event State NORTH CAROLINA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 28714
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 8
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 362735N
Event Location Longitude 0803310W
Event Location Airport Mountain Air Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 2NCO
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 4432
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1457 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 200
Weather Observation Facility ID AVL
Elevation of weather observation facility 2165
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 27
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 31
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 6
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.07
Density Altitude (feet) 4418
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report variable winds
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 1
Injury Total None 3
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 14145
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Aug 1 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1530
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Nov 25 2003 11:36AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Charlotte FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N2008X
NTSB Number ATL02LA148
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 182H
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 18256108
Certified Max Gross Weight 2800
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name CO-OWNERS Northcutt, Bernice & Hammel, Jeffrey
Aircraft Owner Street Address 7602 Concordia Road
Aircraft Owner City Belleville
Aircraft Owner State IL
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 62223
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Jeffery Hammel
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 7602 Concordia Road
Operator City Belleville
Operator State IL
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 62223
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code GKT
Departure City Sevierville
Departure State TN
Departure Country USA
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone --
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 2NCO
Destination City Burnsville
Destination State NC
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Aug 6 2003 2:31PM
User who most recently changed record POWP
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 32
Runway Length 2875
Runway Width 50
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --