# Accident 20120505007459A: Cessna 195, Overgaard, AZ, May 5, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2012, 06:45 local time
- Place: Overgaard, AZ
- Airport: Mogollon Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4000° N, 110.5292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4000&lon=-110.5292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3442V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3442V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195 (registry code 2073102, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R-755A2 (registry code 35019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r-755a2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Reported engine: JACOBS R755A SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120505007459A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT LINED UP TO TAKE OFF RUNWAY 21 AT MOGOLLON AIRPARK. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD A LIGHT QUARTERING TAILWIND. THE PILOT HAD JUST RAISED THE TAIL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER. THE PILOT STATES THAT AT THIS TIME DURING THE GROUND ROLL, THERE WAS NOT VERY MUCH RUDDER AUTHORITY. THE PILOT OVER CORRECTED TO THE RIGHT, AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN HEADED DIRECTLY FOR A HANGAR. THE PILOT STATES HE INTENTIONALLY GROUNDLOOPED THE AIRCRAFT TO MISS HITTING A HANGAR. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED ALL BUT THE EMPANAGE AND OUTBOARD PORTION OF THE WINGS. THE LEFT WING SUSTAINED MORE DAMAGE FROM THE POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 WPR12CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12CA196), May 5, 2012: Cessna 195 (N3442V), Heber-Overgaard, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff roll upon encountering a wind gust.

## Other reports on N3442V (1)

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

- [Accident 19790401005529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790401005529A), Apr 1, 1979: Cessna 195 (N3442V), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot taxied his aircraft into parked aircraft.

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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