# Accident 19960926030179A: Cessna 195A, Greenville, MO, September 26, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 1996, 11:30 local time
- Place: Greenville, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1198° N, 90.4407° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1198&lon=-90.4407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195WR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N195WR-1997-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195A (registry code 2073110, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- Reported engine: JACOBS R7557
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA353) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960926030179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.4)THE PILOT HAD TELEPHONED THE JONESBORO FSS AND WAS ADVISED BY THE BRIEFER 'MODERATE TURBULENCE... ICING... VISIBILITIES ONE TO TWO WITH THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN.... VFR FLIGHT IS NOT RECOMMENDED.'  THE PILOT REPORTED 'I'M GONNA FILE THAT WAY AND THEN I'LL GO JUST AS CLOSE AS I CAN GET AND WHEN IT GETS BAD I'LL JUST SHUT IT DOWN.'  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, SEVERE RAIN, AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED BY WITNESSES IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT SITE.  SEVERAL PEOPLE REPORTED THAT THEY HEARD THE SOUND OF THE AIRPLANE FLYING OVERHEAD AT 'A LOW ALTITUDE.'  NO EYEWITNESSES WERE LOCATED.  THE OUTBOARD NINE FEET OF THE LEFT WING WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE.  EXAMINATION OF THE WING SPAR FRAGMENTS AND A SECTION OF THE WING FROM THE VICINITY OF THE LEFT WING FRACTURE REVEALED 'FEATURES TYPICAL OF OVERSTRESS SEPARATIONS.  DEFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRACTURE IN THE UPPER AND LOWER SPAR CAPS WAS INDICATIVE OF A BENDING OVERSTRESS SEPARATION IN THE DOWNWARD DIRECTION.  NO FATIGUE CRACKING OR OTHER TYPES OF PROGRESSIVE DETERIORATION WAS NOTED.'  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI96FA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA353), Sep 26, 1996: Cessna 195 (N195WR), Greenville, MO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's decision to fly into known adverse weather which resulted in an overload failure and separation of the left wing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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