# Accident 20021220033829A: Cessna 195, Wink, TX, December 20, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2002, 14:40 local time
- Place: Wink, TX
- Airport: Winkler County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7797° N, 103.2014° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7797&lon=-103.2014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195SR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021220033829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 20, 2002, A CESSNA 195 TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT, N195SR, DEPARTED MEACHAM FIELD (FTW), FORT WORTH, TX, WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF EL PASO (ELP), EL PASO, TX. WHILE ENROUTE MR. MICHAEL MCDONALD (PIC) ELECTED TO LAND AT WINKLER COUNTY AIRPORT (INK), WINK, TX, FOR PASSENGERS COMFORT. UPON LANDING RUNWAY 22 AFTER TOUCHDOWN DURING A LANDING ROLL OF APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AN10-46A BOLT THAT ATTACHES THE LANDING GEAR AXLE TO THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY BECAME STRIPPED, CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR AXLE TO SEPARATE FROM THE ASSEMBLY AND FUSELAGE. THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS ABOARD WERE NOT INJURED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 VFR FLIGHT.

## 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 FTW03LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA062), Dec 20, 2002: Cessna 195 (N195SR), Wink, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the main landing gear axle bolt from the landing gear assembly.

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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