# Accident 20220131004689A: Cessna 195, Palm Coast, FL, January 31, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2022, 12:55 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Airport: Palm Coast
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4652° N, 81.2076° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4652&lon=-81.2076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N597K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N597K) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,415 total, 250 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220131004689A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SPRUCE CREEK AIRPARK (7FL6) ON A PART 91 FLIGHT WITH ONE (1) FRIEND/PASSENGER ONBOARD. PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF ON RWY 24, A COMPLETE RUN-UP PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED. UPON DEPARTING RWY 24, THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 1000 AGL AND POWER WAS SET FOR CRUISE-FLIGHT. ENGINE PARAMETERS WERE VERIFIED AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. AT FIFTEEN(15) MILES SOUTH OF FLAGLER AIRPORT THE WEATHER INFO WAS OBTAINED FROM FLAGLER ATIS. AT ELEVEN (11) MILES SOUTH OF FLAGLER AIRPORT THE PILOT CONTACTED FLAGLER TOWER AND PROCEEDED TO MANEUVER FOR A FOUR (4) MILE FINAL TO RWY 29 AS INSTRUCTED BY ATC. AT ABOUT 5-7 MILES OF THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A UNEXPECTED AND TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO WINDMILL, THE PILOT CONDUCTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR LOSS OF POWER. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED BY THE PILOT WITH ATC. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A SECOND ENGINE-OUT EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, WITH NO SUCCESS. THE PILOT ADVISED ATC OF HIS INTENTIONS TO LAND ON I-95. THE PILOT TRIED TO USE ONE OF THE HWY MARKINGS AS THE CENTER LINE. THE PASSENGER INFORMED THE PILOT THAT A COMMERCIAL TRUCK WAS TO HIS RIGHT. THE PILOT TRIED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT TO AVOID HITTING THE TRUCK BUT THE RIGHT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE TRUCK ON FLARE-OUT WHICH MADE THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEEL AND ENDED UP INVERTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF I-95. BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES, THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED.

## 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 ERA22LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA112), Jan 31, 2022: Cessna 195 (N597K), Palm Coast, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning and preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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