# Accident 20040417007059A: Cessna 195, Everett, WA, April 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2004, 12:31 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Airport: Snohomish County - Paine Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9128° N, 122.2667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9128&lon=-122.2667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127DD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N127DD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195 (registry code 2073102, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755A series (registry code 35006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,900 total, 219 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040417007059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 17, 2004 12:31 PM PAINE FIELD, WA MR. HOWARD HURLEY WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO MR. JAMES GRASS, A STUDENT PILOT WHO IS ALSO THE AIRCRAFT OWNER. THE AIRCRAFT IS A 1947 CESSNA 195. THEY WERE PERFORMING TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 16R. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT VEERED 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT AND OFF OF THE RUNWAY. SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY CONFIRM THE PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT WHEEL SKID MARK WAS MOST NOTICEABLE. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKINS AFT OF THE FIREWALL AND IN THE L & R DOOR POST AND LANDING GEAR ATTACH AREA. UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEELS AND BRAKES IT WAS NOTED THAT THEY WERE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING DISCOLORATION. THE BRAKES WERE NOT HOT DURING OUT FUNCTIONAL CHECK. MR. HURLEY AND MR. GRASS BOTH EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKES ON THIS AIRCRAFT. MAINLY THE RIGHT BRAKE. THEY STATED THAT WHEN THEY GET HOT THEY HAD A TENDENCY TO BIND UP. MR. HURLEY ALSO HAD CONCERNS THAT THE STUDENT MAY HAVE NOT RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT TO HIS CONTROL AND THEREFORE WAS NOT ABLE TO OVERCOME THE STUDENTS CONTROL INPUTS.

## 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 SEA04LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA070), Apr 17, 2004: Cessna 195 (N127DD), Everett, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft as a result of a locked main gear brake during the landing roll. An inadvertent ground loop was a factor.

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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