# Accident 19990531006179A: Cessna 195B, Conroe, TX, May 31, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 31, 1999, 14:58 local time - Place: Conroe, TX - Airport: Montgomery County Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 30.3797° N, 95.3807° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3797&lon=-95.3807&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2151C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2151C) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 195B (registry code 2073112, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195b) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Jacobs R755B series (registry code 35007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 195B - Reported engine: JACOBP R755B2 - People aboard: 4 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 487 total, 26 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA156) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990531006179A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFT LANDED AND GROUND LOOPED AND BOTH STRUTS COLLAPSED AND DAMAGED A WING. (FROM .19) ON MAY 31, 1999, AT 1458 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 195 SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N2151C, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPORT NEAR CONROE, TEXAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND THE THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEMORIAL AIRPORT, HOUSTON, TX. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT "GROUND LOOPED." AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE, THE LEFT WING WRINKLED, AND THE LEFT AILERON DAMAGED. (.4)DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP, THEN THE LEFT WING DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRPLANE SLID ABOUT 50 TO 75 FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 80 TO 90 FEET FROM WHERE THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP. THE INBOARD SECTION OF THE SEPARATED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SPRING WAS SENT TO THE NTSB MATERIALS LABORATORY FOR EXAMINATION. THE EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT FATIGUE HAD INITIATED FROM AN AREA THAT CONTAINED FRETTING DAMAGE FROM CONTACT WITH THE CLAMPING MECHANISM. (-23)PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 19 AT MONTGOMERY CO. AIRPORT WHEN A LOUD "POP" WAS HEARD BY HIM AND HIS THREE PASSENGERS. THIS "POP" WAS HEARD AFTER WEIGHT STARTED TRANSFERING TO THE MAIN WHEELSAND THE TAILWHEEL WAS SETTLING TO THE GROUND. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS THE PILOT NOTICED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE FALLING AND EVENTIALLY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FOLDED BACK AND THE LEFT WING AND PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. ALL OCCUPANTS LEFT THE AIRPLANE UNINJURED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED: THE LEFT GEAR HAD BROKEN OFF, RUST WAS PRESENT ON THE AREA OF THE BREAK, THE LEFT WING CAUSED A BUCKLING AFFECT WHERE IT FASTENS TO THE FUSELAGE, LEFT WINGTIP DAMAGE, LEFT AILERON DAMGE, RIPPLING OF SKIN ON THE AREA OF THE BREAK, THE LEFT WING CAUSED A BUCKLING AFFECT WHERE IT FASTENS TO THE FUSELAGE, LEFT WINGTIP DMAAGE, LEFT AILERON DAMAGE, RIPPLING OF SKIN ON THE LEFT/UNDER SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER TIPS. ## 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 FTW99LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA156), May 31, 1999: Cessna 195 (N2151C), Conroe, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue fracture of the left main landing gear spring at the clamping mechanism, as a result of fretting. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.