# Accident 20040311007589A: Cessna 195A, Gila Bend, AZ, March 11, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2004, 15:34 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9581° N, 112.6781° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9581&lon=-112.6781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9869A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 3 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04CA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040311007589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) OWNER/OPERATOR WAS RECEIVING A CHECKOUT IN HIS NEWLY PURCHASED CE-195 AIRCRAFT FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES. HE HIRED A CE-195 "EXPERT" FOR THIS PURPOSE AND DURING APPROXIMATELY HIS 13TH LANDING, WITH WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE, HE TOUCHED DOWN SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTERLINE. AS THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT, A CORRECTION WAS NOT MADE "AGGRESSIVELY" ENOUGH AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TRACK LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. RIGHT RUDDER AND BRAKE WERE FINALLY APPLIED PRIOR TO THE LEFT MAIN LEAVING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND THIS "CORRECTION" (MADE BY BOTH THE OWNER AND CHECK OUT PILOT) CAUSED THE GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT, WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP CONTACTING THE RUNWAY AND COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WINGTIP.

## 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 LAX04CA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04CA160), Mar 11, 2004: Cessna C195A (N9869A), Gila Bend, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control, resulting in a ground loop. Factors in the accident were the pilot's unfamiliarity with the airplane and the delayed remedial action of the flight…

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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