# Accident 20130914018479A: Cessna 195A, Big Fork, MT, September 14, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2013, 15:45 local time
- Place: Big Fork, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8428° N, 113.2500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8428&lon=-113.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4324N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4324N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195A (registry code 2073110, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs L4 /R755-7 (registry code 35003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- Reported engine: JACOBS L4 /R755-7
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 455 total, 101 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13CA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA409) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130914018479A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2013, AT 1545 MST, A CESSNA 195, N4324N, PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON TAKE OFF ROLL, DEPARTED RUNWAY, RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MEADOW CREEK, MT.

## 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 WPR13CA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13CA409), Sep 14, 2013: Cessna 195A (N4324N), Meadow Creek, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll on a rough turf runway.

## Other reports on N4324N (1)

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

- [Accident 19781211038719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781211038719A), Dec 11, 1978: Cessna LC126C (N4324N), Baker, MT, Substantial damage. R gr caught icy ruts.

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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