NTSB ATL89LA053 — 1988-12-05 · VIDALIA, Georgia, United States

Current FAA registration · N9107M

Make / Model: CESSNA 182P
Year of manufacture: 1976 · 12 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 hp)
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 19760415
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S AC9A04

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9107M Cessna 182P Minor

Factual narrative

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT. DEPARTED SECOND TIME AND EXPERIENCED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING AND OVERTURNED IN FIELD. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED PISTON FAILURE IN #4 CYLINDER. POST ACC INSPECT SHOWED CORROSION AND CRACKS IN MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT WHICH HAD NOT BEEN MAINTAINED PROPERLY. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE ACFT GENERALLY SHOWED SIGNS OF NEGLECT. THE LATEST ANNUAL INSPECTION RECORDED WAS 8/11/87. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_ATL89LA053.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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