# Accident 20000118034969A: Cessna 195, Willard, KY, January 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2000, 11:15 local time
- Place: Willard, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2118° N, 82.8971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willard, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2118&lon=-82.8971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3448V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3448V-2000-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195 (registry code 2073102, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Reported engine: JACOBS L6
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 25 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000118034969A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THERE WAS NO RECORD OF A WEATHER BRIEFING OR FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE ACCIDENT PILOT OR AIRPLANE WITH ANY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. THE PILOT DEPARTED PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, AND INTENDED TO FLY TO SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.  ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, A WITNESS OBSERVED THE PILOT FLYING ABOUT 800 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, IN THE VICINITY OF SNOW SHOWERS, NEAR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.  WITNESSES THAT RESIDED NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED SEEING SNOW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  THEY HEARD AN AIRPLANE MAKE TWO PASSES OVERHEAD, AN ENGINE REVVED TO FULL POWER, THEN SILENCE. THE REPORTED CEILING AT AN AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS 600 FEET OVERCAST.                                                             (-23)WITNESSES IN THE AREA REPORTED HEARING A LOW-FLYING AIRCRAFT WITH A SPUTTERING ENGINE.  SOME OF THE WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING THE AIRCRAFT IMPACT THE TERRAIN.   THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED PKB ABOUT 1000 LOCAL, WITH AN ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF SPG (PLANNED INTERMEDIATE STOPS ARE UNKNOWN).  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND THERE IS NO RECORD OF A WEATHER BRIEFING.  WEATHER CONDITIONS AT HTS, APPROXIMATELY 18 NM NE, WERE CEILING VARIABLE 400 TO 900  OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 10, WIND 330/06, TEMP -4C, DEWPOINT -6C. CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCTIVE TO CARBURETOR ICING, AND OCCASIONAL SEVERE MIXED ICING CONDITIONS WERE FORECASTED IN CLOUD AND IN PRECIPITATION.  THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A RIDGE TERRAIN AT N38-18 W82-52.  THE 165 FOOT DEBRIS PATH ORIENTED ON A 065 DEGREE HEADING.  A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT AT THE SITE.  THE WRECKAGE SUGGESTS THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE TREES AND STRUCK THE GROUND NOSE LOW AND RIGHT WING LOW, INDICATING LOW ALTITUDE STALL AND INCIPIENT SPIN ENTRY.  THE ENGINE WAS ROTATING AT IMPACT, WITH LITTLE OR NO POWER.  PROP AND ALTERNATOR TO BE EXAMINED FURTHER.

## 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 NYC00FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00FA068), Jan 18, 2000: Cessna 195 (N3448V), Willard, KY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC conditions. Factors were the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and snow showers.

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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