- Date
- November 13, 1984, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Eads, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2133CCessna 195B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841113062129A
- Case key
- 6710
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
Analysis
The plt stated that he was taking off with full pwr. The acft accelerated to about 60 when it went over a small rise in the rwy, the left wheel assembly seperated from the acft at the pt where it attaches to the landing gear strut. The strut dug into the gnd and the acft nosed over. Exam of the landing gear revealed evidence of a fatigue crack at the attach bolt holes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2133C
- Reported as
- Cessna 195B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16118
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Jacobs R755-B2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Theodore M. Key
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Destination
- Collierville, TN
- Airport
- runway 15, 2,500 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 31 in this make and model · 62 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2133C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.