# NTSB ATL99LA084: Cessna 195A, N4478C, Tupelo, MS, May 13, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1999, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place: Tupelo, MS
- Location: 34.2690° N, 88.7699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUPELO RGNL (TUP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2690&lon=-88.7699&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 12, 2000
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 46324
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL99LA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46324/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA084

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control which resulted in an inadvertent ground loop/swerve and subsequent nose over.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

The pilot stated that he was conducting instrument training in the aircraft that evening with a safety pilot.  During the landing roll, he lost directional control , the airplane ground looped and then nosed over.  The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On May 13, 1999, at 1750 central daylight time, a Cessna 195A, N4478C, veered off the runway and flipped inverted during the landing roll at the Tupelo Airport, in Tupelo, Mississippi.  The airplane was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight.  The pilot and passenger were not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage.  The flight originated from Tupelo, Mississippi, at 1715.

After approximately 50 minutes of instrument training, the pilot and safety pilot returned to the departure airport . The pilot established a final approach to runway 36 for a full stop landing. After the airplane touched down on the runway surface, it veered off the runway and flipped inverted . The landing gear also collapsed.

No mechanical problems with the aircraft were reported by the pilot.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4478C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 195A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 16062
- Airframe hours: 4450
- Engines: Jacobs R755B2 275 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert Leslie Mceachern
- Registered owner: Alpha Pappa Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 7, 1998, 25 hours before
- Departed: TUP
- Airport: TUP, Tupelo  C.D. Lemons, runway 36, 6,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; commercial, flight instructor, military; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 14,457 total, 20 in this make and model, 13,597 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 36 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: TUP

## 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 19990513020849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990513020849A), May 13, 1999: Cessna 195A, Tupelo, MS, Substantial damage. On may 13, 1999, at 2030 central daylight time, a Cessna 195A, N4478C, veered off the runway during the landing roll at the Tupelo airport, in Tupelo,…

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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