# Accident 20150106003969A: Cessna 195B, Llano, TX, January 6, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2015, 15:45 local time
- Place: Llano, TX
- Airport: Llano Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7842° N, 98.6000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7842&lon=-98.6000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2125C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2125C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195B (registry code 2073112, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 15,879 total, 75 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150106003969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 17 FROM LLANO AIRPORT (AQO) LLANO, TEXAS ENROUTE TO DENTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT DENTON, TEXAS (DTO). ACCORDING TO PILOT ON TAKEOFF ROLL, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AT LIFT OFF. THE AIRPLANE PITCHED FOWARD, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE THEN TURNED SLIGHTLY RIGHT AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. IN TRYING TO TO GET AIRPLANE TO STOP, THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK.

INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE INVESTIGATED THE ACCIDENT SCENE AND DETERMINED THE ENGINE WAS MAKING POWER AT TAKEOFF. PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE ON TAKEOFF ROLL AND DID GET AIRBORNE MOMENTARILY THEN BOUNCED BACK DOWN TO THE RUNWAY STRIKING THE PROPELLER IN EXCESS OF 30 TIMES BEFORE TURNING RIGHT AND THEN LEAVING THE RUNWAY. UPON LEAVING RUNWAY AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT HURT. FUEL ON BOARD WAS 76 GALLONS. THERE WAS NO 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 CEN15LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA099), Jan 6, 2015: Cessna 195B (N2125C), Llano, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s overrotation of the airplane when lifting the tail during the takeoff roll, which allowed the propeller to come in contact with the runway and resulted in a reduction in engine power and…

## Other reports on N2125C (3)

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

- [Accident 19980725023909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980725023909A), Jul 25, 1998: Cessna 195B (N2125C), Ashland, OR, Substantial damage. High sink. Hit rwy tail first. Bounced. Lost control. Ground looped. Folded right main. Flipped over. (.4)the pilot stated that while he was performing a…
- [Accident 19790630014119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790630014119A), Jun 30, 1979: Cessna 195B (N2125C), Tyler, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot applied brakes too heavily on landing roll. Tail wheel aircraft flipped over on its back on runway.
- [Incident 19790526027899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790526027899I), May 26, 1979: Cessna 195B (N2125C), Tyler, TX, Minor damage. Student applied brake on roll out, ran off side of runway.

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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