# Accident 20061121024599A: Cessna 190, Chattanooga, TN, November 21, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2006, 17:40 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0350° N, 85.2036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0350&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N195AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 190 (registry code 2072902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-190) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 190
- Reported engine: JACOBP R755A2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,578 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07CA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061121024599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TAKEOFF ROLL PILOT ENCOUNTERED WAKE TURBULENCE FROM MD-80 WHO JUST LANDED ON SAME RUNWAY. PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL CAUSING STRONG SIDE LOAD TO LEFT LANDING GEAR AND LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER AIRCRAFT CAUSING PROPELLER, ENGINE, FUSELAGE AND LEFT WING TIP TO CONTACT RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT IMPACT WITH RUNWAY CAUSED SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND THE FUSELAGE.

## 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 ATL07CA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA020), Nov 21, 2006: Cessna 190 (N195AB), Chattanooga, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control on takeoff resulting in a collapse of the left main landing gear when the airplane swerved. A factor in the accident was wake turbulence from a…

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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