# Accident 20090409005309A: Cessna 195, Burnet, TX, April 9, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2009, 14:40 local time
- Place: Burnet, TX
- Airport: Burnet Municipal Kate Craddock Fiel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7389° N, 98.2386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7389&lon=-98.2386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4495C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4495C) (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
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,957 total, 233 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA246) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090409005309A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON APRIL 9, 2009, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTED AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF CESSNA, N4495C.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE BURNET MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BURNET, TEXAS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED N4495C.  THIS RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT.  THE REPORTED WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE 300 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS GUSTING TO 29 KNOTS.

## 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 CEN09CA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA246), Apr 9, 2009: Cessna 195 (N4495C), Burnet, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusting crosswinds during landing.

## Other reports on N4495C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19920304005059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920304005059A), Mar 4, 1992: Cessna 195 (N4495C), Charleston, WV, Substantial damage. Right wheel ran off pavement turning off runway into soft dirt. Empennege struck runway marker trying to extricate.

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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