# Accident 20191111021029A: Cessna 195, Kalispell, MT, November 11, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2019, 13:45 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Airport: Kalispell City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1786° N, 114.3036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1786&lon=-114.3036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N195BG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N195BG-2021-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195 (registry code 2073102, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs L6 (registry code 35005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Reported engine: JACOBS L6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,188 total, 51 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191111021029A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 11, 2019, AT 1345 MST, A CESSNA 195, N195BG, REGISTERED TO

AN INDIVIDUAL, GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING ROLL OUT AT KALISPELL CITY AIRPORT, KALISPELL, MONTANA, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL

CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE

AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KALISPELL CITY AIRPORT, KALISPELL, MONTANA ON NOVEMBER 11, 2019.

## 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 GAA20CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA070), Nov 11, 2019: Cessna 195 (N195BG), Kalispell, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and the left main landing gear collapsing.

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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