# Accident 20130216004049A: Cessna 195, Austin, TX, February 16, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2013, 21:45 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Austin Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3975° N, 97.5664° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3975&lon=-97.5664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4426C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4426C) (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
- Reported engine: JACOBS R755A SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,469 total, 377 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130216004049A

## Narrative

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

ON FEB. 16, 2013, AT APPROX. 2145 HRS, WHILE TAXIING, A CESSNA 195, WITH TWO PEOPLE ONBOARD, TAXIIED OFF THE END OF THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING, HIS LANDING LIGHT WENT OUT AND HE REACHED OVER TO CYCLE THE LIGHT SWITCH ON AND OFF TO SEE IF HIS LANDING LIGHT WOULD COME BACK ON.

THE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT AS IT ROLLED DOWN THE HILL. THE AIRCRAFT'S MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BENT BACKWARDS AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN13LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA170), Feb 17, 2013: Cessna 195 (N4426C), Austin, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's use of an excessive taxi speed, which resulted in the airplane overrunning the end of the unlit taxiway after the failure of the right wing landing light.

## Other reports on N4426C (3)

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

- [Incident 20180721017469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180721017469I), Jul 21, 2018: Cessna 195 (N4426C), Lexington, MO, No damage. During cruise operation near 4K3, Lexington, MO, engine oil started spraying onto windsheild obstructing pilot visibility. The pilot executed a successful…
- [Incident 20170110000679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170110000679I), Jan 10, 2017: Cessna 195 (N4426C), Tomball, TX, Minor damage. Pilot states he departed T82 airport VFR direct to kdwh airport at noon on 1-10-2017. Cleared to land rwy 17R at dwh. Landing was normal wheel landing with…
- [Accident 20080623840099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080623840099A), Jun 23, 2008: Cessna 195 (N4426C), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) Airplane had hard landing, RH main gear collapsed and torn out of mount, rt hand wing damaged tip to wing root, right hand aileron damaged, both…

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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