- Date
- April 12, 1985, 13:04 local (18:04 UTC)
- Place
- Lexington, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4408CCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850412014289A
- Case key
- 6774
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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
During ldg roll-out the plt applied brake press in order to turn onto the taxiway & the rt brake grabbed causing the acft to ground loop. The left landing gear spring strut separated from the fuselage attachment point.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4408C
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7981
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Jacobs R755A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John W. Duff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CRW · Charleston, WV
- Airport
- LEX · Blue Grass, runway 22, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 1,500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEX, 1 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.
Other investigations on N4408C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.