- Date
- May 31, 1990, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N195ESCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900531018209A
- Case key
- 5294
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow wake turbulence avoidance procedures.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Vortex turbulence encountered
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Wake turbulence - encounteredCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Main gear collapsed
Analysis
The pilot reported that he landed closely behind a departing Boeing 757 and subsequently lost directional control. He said that he had been cautioned by the tower about the potential for wake turbulence, but elected to land anyway. He also reported that he should have aborted his landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N195ES
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16041
- Airframe hours
- 1,746
- Engine
- Jacobs R755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nudson, Lawrence E
- Registered owner
- Nudson, Lawrence E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1989 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Airport
- ANC · Anchorage Intl, runway 32, 10,496 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 558 total · 17 in this make and model · 466 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ANC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.