# Accident 20180721014569A: Cessna 195B, Hood River, OR, July 21, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2018, 09:25 local time
- Place: Hood River, OR
- Airport: Ken Jernstedt Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6725° N, 121.5308° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6725&lon=-121.5308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N195N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195B (registry code 2073112, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755A series (registry code 35006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195B
- Reported engine: JACOBS R755A SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,069 total, 466 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA444) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180721014569A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF AIRCRAFT REPORTED HE BEGAN FLIGHT DEPARTING FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN KENT, WA, AND PICKED UP ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS AT THUN FIELD (PLU) FOR A FLIGHT TO HOOD RIVER AIRPORT.  THE PASSENGER SITTING IN THE RIGHT PILOT SEAT AFTER DEPARTING PLU WAS THE MECHANIC WHO ALSO HAS MAINTAINED THE AIRPLANE FOR MANY YEARS.  HE HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE BUT DOES NOT HOLD A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AT AGE 89.  PIC REPORTED HE GAVE THROW OVER YOKE TO THIS PERSON SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF FROM PLU AT ABOUT 3000 FT MSL, AND LET HIM FLY THE PLANE UNTIL PASSING OVER CASCADE LOCKS, OR, AT ABOUT 2500 FT MSL.  PIC REPORTED FLYING THE PLANE HIMSELF FROM CASCADE LOCKS TO HOOD RIVER AIRPORT (4S2).   PIC REPORTED LANDING AIRCRAFT ON MAIN WHEELS ON RWY 25 AT 4S2 IN FIRST 3RD OF RWY ON CENTERLINE, AND THEN LETTING THE TAIL COME DOWN AT ABOUT 30 MPH.  PIC REPORTED THAT WHEN TAILWHEEL CONTACTED RWY THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY LURCHED ABOUT 40 DEGREES LEFT.  HE REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT THE TAILWHEEL STUCK SIDEWAYS OR A RUDDER CABLE BROKE.  PIC REPORTED LOCKING UP RIGHT BRAKE TO STOP THE GROUND LOOP TO LEFT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE AIRCRAFT FROM LEAVING RWY 25 TO LEFT OF RWY.  RIGHT LANDING GEAR LEG FOLDED UNDER FUSELAGE, AND RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED RWY.  AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RWY AND ENDED UP NOSE DOWN IN DIRT NEXT TO RWY 25.  PASSENGERS AND PILOT EVACUATED AIRCRAFT WITH OUT INJURY.

## 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 GAA18CA444](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA444), Jul 21, 2018: Cessna 195 (N195N), Hood River, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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