# Accident 20060703013659A: Cessna 195, Great Falls, MT, July 3, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 2006, 10:10 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4819° N, 111.3706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4819&lon=-111.3706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6857D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6857D) (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: 26,000 total, 170 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060703013659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 3, 2006, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ HOLDER OF AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DAT^ GROUND LOOPED A CESSNA CE-195, N6857D AT APPROXIMATELY 1010 LOCAL TIME DURING THE TAKEOFF RUN IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA. NEITHER THE PILOT OR PASSENGER RECEIVED ANY INJURIES. WINDS AT THE TIME OF TAKEOFF WERE VARIABLE AT 3 KTS. PILOT STATED WINDS WERE GUSTING AT THE TIME OF TAKEOFF, BUT CONTROL TOWER STATED WINDS WERE VARIABLE AT 3 KTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 SEA06CA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA132), Jul 3, 2006: Cessna 195 (N6857D), Great Falls, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of aircraft control during the takeoff roll, and the subsequent inadvertent ground loop.

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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