# NTSB ANC86LA164: Cessna 195A, N9342A, Willow, AK, September 9, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1986, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Willow, AK
- Coordinates: 61.889717, -149.729904 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.8897&lon=-149.7299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4748
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC86LA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4748/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC86LA164

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - from landing
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - loose gravel/sandy (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - from landing
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE DEMONSTRATING HIGH SPEED TAXI, THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT, ENTERED AN OPEN TRENCH, AND WAS DAMAGED.  AN EXAM OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL AND BRAKE SYSTEMS REVEALED NO PRE-ACCIDENT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9342A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9342A-2017-04-13), registration cancelled 2017-04-13, S/N 7521, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- Registry model: [Cessna 195A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (registry code 2073110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7521
- Airframe hours: 2500
- Engines: JACOBS R-755-9 245 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gordon J. Krist
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 10, 1986, 25 hours before
- Departed: MRI, ANCHORAGE, AK
- Airport: Z22, Willow, runway 13, 4,600 × 105 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, multi-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 12,050 total, 90 in this make and model, 12,050 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 5 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860909070719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860909070719A), Sep 9, 1986: Cessna 195A, Willow, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran off side of runway during high speed taxi demonstration. No system malfunctions found.

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.

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