# Incident 19970719025409I: Cessna 195A, Santa Maria, CA, July 19, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1997, 20:55 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Public
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4026A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4026A-2019-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195A (registry code 2073110, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755B series (registry code 35007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 125 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970719025409I

## Narrative

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

NOSED OVER DURING FAST TAXI WITH LIMITTED VISIBILITY. SAW PLANE BRIEFLY. HIT BRAKES TOO HARD. NOSED DOWN IMPACT.

## Other reports on N4026A (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20160806014039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160806014039A), Aug 6, 2016: Cessna 195A (N4026A), Hillsboro, OR, Substantial damage. The pilot in command allowed the Cessna 195 airplane to drift left of centerline during approach and touchdown to runway 02 at starks Twin Oaks airpark. During…
- [Accident 20130515024829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130515024829A), May 15, 2013: Cessna 195A (N4026A), San Carlos, CA, Substantial damage. The aircraft ground looped after landing, the left landing gear failed (broke off), the left wing struck the ground.
- [Accident 19871221070901A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871221070901A), Dec 21, 1987: Cessna 195A (N4026A), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Tried to taxi around N4309Y that was holding on taxiway with radio problems. Propeller hit aircrafts 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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