# Accident 20130515024829A: Cessna 195A, San Carlos, CA, May 15, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2013, 17:24 local time
- Place: San Carlos, CA
- Airport: San Carlos
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5119° N, 122.2494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5119&lon=-122.2494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4026A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4026A-2019-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195A (registry code 2073110, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755B series (registry code 35007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- Reported engine: JACOBS R755
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 130 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130515024829A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AFTER LANDING, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR FAILED (BROKE OFF), THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 WPR13CA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA232), May 16, 2013: Cessna 195A (N4026A), San Carlos, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Other reports on N4026A (3)

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

- [Accident 20160806014039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160806014039A), Aug 6, 2016: Cessna 195A (N4026A), Hillsboro, OR, Substantial damage. The pilot in command allowed the Cessna 195 airplane to drift left of centerline during approach and touchdown to runway 02 at starks Twin Oaks airpark. During…
- [Incident 19970719025409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970719025409I), Jul 19, 1997: Cessna 195A (N4026A), Santa Maria, CA, Minor damage. Nosed over during fast taxi with limitted visibility. Saw plane briefly. Hit brakes too hard. Nosed down impact.
- [Accident 19871221070901A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871221070901A), Dec 21, 1987: Cessna 195A (N4026A), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Tried to taxi around N4309Y that was holding on taxiway with radio problems. Propeller hit aircrafts wing.

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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