# Accident 20150604010819A: Cessna 195, Lancaster, NY, June 4, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2015, 16:00 local time
- Place: Lancaster, NY
- Airport: Buffalo-Lancaster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9219° N, 78.6131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9219&lon=-78.6131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9818A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9818A-2018-06-04) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 262 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150604010819A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 4, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA C-195 AIRCRAFT, N9818A S/N 7497, LANDED AND SUBSEQUENTLY GROUND LOOPED ON RUNWAY 26 AT KBQR , LANCASTER NEW YORK. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO 7 MPH AND WERE NOT A FACTOR. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KBQR AND WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.

THE PILOT PERFORMED A FULL PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AND FOUND NO ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TAXIED TO RUNWAY 26 AND PERFORMED HIS RUN UP AND NOTED NO ANOMALIES. THE PILOT REPORTED THE TAKEOFF WAS NORMAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SLIGHT PULL TO THE RIGHT.

THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM KBQR AND PERFORMED A LOW APPROACH AND THEN CAME IN FOR A FULL STOP LANDING. HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 26. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN WITH BOTH MAIN GEAR AND BOUNCED ONCE. THE AIRCRAFT QUICKLY SETTLED TO THE GROUND AND WHEN THE TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT SIGNIFICANTLY DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT.

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT AND SUBSEQUENTLY GROUND LOOPED. DURING THE GROUND LOOP THE AIRCRAFT LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DUG INTO THE GROUND, BUT THE WING DID NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.

DURING A POST FLIGHT EXAMINATION, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE WAS ½ -3/4 FLAT. HE ALSO OBSERVED A SMALL METAL OBJECT POSSIBLY A FINISH NAIL IN THE RIGHT TIRE.

## 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 GAA15CA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA118), Jun 4, 2015: Cessna 195 (N9818A), Lancaster, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of directional control and subsequent ground loop due to an underinflated right tire, which was a result of foreign object debris puncturing the tire.

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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