# Accident 20240408007729A: Cessna 195B, Portales, NM, April 8, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2024, 17:15 local time
- Place: Portales, NM
- Airport: Portales Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1464° N, 103.4117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1464&lon=-103.4117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2147C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2147C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 195B (registry code 2073112, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755B series (registry code 35007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195B
- Reported engine: JACOBS R755B SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 3
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,674 total, 116 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240408007729A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 8, 2024, AT 17:15 CDT, A CESSNA 195B ATTEMPTING TO TAKEOFF IMPACTED TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE AND INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PORTALES MUNICIPAL, PORTALES, NM ON APRIL 8, 2024, AT 17:10 CDT.

## 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 WPR24LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA125), Apr 8, 2024: Cessna 195B (N2147C), Portales, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to take off with a quartering tailwind and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s improper elevator control inputs…

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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