# Accident 20240509004859A: Cessna 195B, Big Bear, CA, May 9, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2024, 13:20 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2639° N, 116.8555° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2639&lon=-116.8555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2193C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2193C) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240509004859A

## Narrative

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

ON 05/09/2024 THE RIVERSIDE FSDO RECEIVED NOTICE OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AT BIG BEAR AIRPORT CA. FROM THE NTSB AND DISPATCHED AN INSPECTOR FROM RIVERSIDE WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE NOTIFICATION. THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED CESSNA ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A C195 TAILDRAGGER, THAT HAD GONE OFF THE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 08 AT 1320 PDT TIME, STRUCK THE DRAINAGE AREA ALONG THE PAVEMENT EDGE CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME, ENGINE AND PROP. THE ACCIDENT ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RUNWAY PAPI LIGHTS. AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND AIRPORT MANAGER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A MAJOR CONCERN OF THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO A CIRCLING GUSTY WIND CONDITION THAT WAS VARIABLE AND STRONG DURING THE AFTERNOON AND AT THE TIME OF TAKEOFF, BECAME A QUARTERING TAILWIND. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE TIME HE LIFTED THE TAIL DURING ROTATION FOR TAKEOFF THE WIND BECAME A TAILWIND CHANGING THE HEADWIND COMPONENT AND ALLOWING FOR THE LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THAT PHASE OF FLIGHT. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE FLEW FOR THE COMMEMORATIVE AIRFORCE AND HAD CONSIDERABLE TAIL WHEEL TIME INCLUDING THAT IN THE C195

## 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 WPR24LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA145), May 9, 2024: Cessna 195 (N2193C), Big Bear, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff with a gusty crosswind.

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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