# Accident 19990513020849A: Cessna 195A, Tupelo, MS, May 13, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 1999, 17:50 local time
- Place: Tupelo, MS
- Airport: Tupelo Municipal - C D Lemons
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2690° N, 88.7699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2690&lon=-88.7699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4478C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- Reported engine: JACOBP R755B2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,457 total, 20 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL99LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990513020849A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 13, 1999, AT 2030 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 195A, N4478C, VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING ROLL AT THE TUPELO AIRPORT, IN TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, AND VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  ACCORDING TO THE FAA, THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED WHEN THE PILOT LOST DIRECTION CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLL.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND WINGS. (.4) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING INSTRUMENT TRAINING IN THE AIRCRAFT THAT EVENING WITH A SAFETY PILOT THAT WAS A PASSENGER.  HE WAS COMING IN FOR HIS LANDING APPROACH WHEN HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, GROUND LOOPED AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT UPSIDE DOWN. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT.

## 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 ATL99LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA084), May 13, 1999: Cessna 195A (N4478C), Tupelo, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop/swerve and subsequent nose over.

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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