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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 195A · Salinas, CA · December 31, 2013

Date: December 31, 2013 · 12:50 local
Place: Salinas, CA
Airport: Salinas Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N369JJ
NTSB investigation: NTSBWPR14CA083
Reported as: Cessna 195A
Reported engine: JACOBS L4 /R755-7
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 16,600 total450 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N369JJRegistered now · Cessna 195AS/N 7510 · Built 1950 Airframe modelCessna 195A Engine modelJacobs L4 /R755-7Reciprocating

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What happened

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01/06/2014, Upon landing roll out the pilot lost control of the aircraft as it drifted left of the center line. As the pilot applied right rudder to correct drift the pilot also applied right brakes in which the pilot over corrected. This action caused the aircraft to enter into a ground loop effect and rotated 270 degrees with the aircraft pointed across runway 18 with the tail wheel in the grass boardering the runway. The pilot and passenger exited the aircraft unhurt and removed the aircraft from the runway. The ground crews repositioned the aircraft to the transient parking area. The aircraft experienced damage to the left landing gear attach point to the fuselage. The aircraft was eventually moved from this location to a maintenance hangar. Inspection to the aircraft revealed skin wrinkles on the left side of the forward fuselage and extending downward to under the aircraft forward of the left lower wing strut attach point.

As the FAA filed it

01/06/2014, UPON LANDING ROLL OUT THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AS IT DRIFTED LEFT OF THE CENTER LINE. AS THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT DRIFT THE PILOT ALSO APPLIED RIGHT BRAKES IN WHICH THE PILOT OVER CORRECTED. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ENTER INTO A GROUND LOOP EFFECT AND ROTATED 270 DEGREES WITH THE AIRCRAFT POINTED ACROSS RUNWAY 18 WITH THE TAIL WHEEL IN THE GRASS BOARDERING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNHURT AND REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY. THE GROUND CREWS REPOSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE TRANSIENT PARKING AREA. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINT TO THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVENTUALLY MOVED FROM THIS LOCATION TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR. INSPECTION TO THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED SKIN WRINKLES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FORWARD FUSELAGE AND EXTENDING DOWNWARD TO UNDER THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD OF THE LEFT LOWER WING STRUT ATTACH POINT.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB WPR14CA083Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportSalinas, CAThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop.Dec 31, 2013 · Substantial damage