# NTSB ATL83LA316: Cessna 195A, N9GH, Elberta, AL, August 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1983, 06:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place: Elberta, AL
- Coordinates: 30.410766, -87.600799 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4108&lon=-87.6008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6157
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA316
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6157/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA316

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - downhill (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY INTO A DITCH DURING LANDING. THE LANDING WAS ON A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WITH A WET GRASS RWY THAT SLOPED DOWNHILL IN THE DIRECTION OF LANDING FOR THE LAST 1/3 OF THE RWY. THE ACFT LANDED ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY AND CONTINUED OFF THE END INTO A 6 FT DEEP DITCH. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE 4 OCCUPANTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9GH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7714
- Airframe hours: 5340
- Engines: JACOBS R755 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lewis A. Welzel Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1983, 63 hours before
- Departed: PNS, PENSACOLA, FL
- Destination: BTR, BATON ROUGE, LA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: Horak, runway 18, 2,500 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,900 total, 63 in this make and model, 3,559 as pilot in command, 208 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PNS, 19 nm away

## 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 19830806039459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806039459A), Aug 6, 1983: Cessna 195A, Elberta, AL, Substantial damage. Landed long on wet grass strip and overran the runway into a 6 foot deep ditch.

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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