# Accident 20230120000429A: Cessna 195A, Calexico, CA, January 20, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2023, 09:22 local time
- Place: Calexico, CA
- Airport: Calexico International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6700° N, 115.5200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6700&lon=-115.5200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195A (registry code 2073110, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755A series (registry code 35006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- Reported engine: JACOBS R755A SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1,275 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230120000429A

## Narrative

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

THE CESSNA 195 TAIL DRAGGER MADE A 3-POINT LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT CXL AIRPORT. THE WIND WAS ABOUT 6 MPH FROM A NORTH/NORTHEAST DIRECTION. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, WHILE ROLLING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH DOWN THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT REPORTED A SUDDEN WIND GUST FROM THE NORTH THAT MADE THE PLANE TURN TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE GROUND LOOP CYCLE AND THE PILOT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE. THE PILOT REPORTED A 270-DEGREE GROUND LOOP ROTATION. THE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED IN THE EVENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. CXL AIRPORT WEATHER HAD NO REPORTED WIND GUSTS ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR23LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA095), Jan 20, 2023: Cessna 195A (N95U), Calexico, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind.

## Other reports on N95U (1)

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

- [Accident 20010210001679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010210001679A), Feb 10, 2001: Cessna 195A (N95U), Palm Springs, CA, Substantial damage. (-19)On February 10, 2001, at 1307 hours PST, a Cessna 195A, N95U, sustained substantial damage when it departed runway 13L and nosed over after landing at the…

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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