- Date
- June 27, 1987, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cambridge, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9321ACessna 195A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11325
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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
After purchasing the acft in atl, the plt, who held an a & p certificate, inspected and flew the acft in the local area bfr departing on a ferry flt to rockland, ME. Drg lndg at his first fuel stop, the acft swerved to the rt and the plt intentionally ground-looped it in order to avoid a ditch. The plt stated that the tailwheel had come out of its centered and locked position during flight which caused the aircraft to pull to the right after touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9321A
- Reported as
- Cessna 195A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7517
- Airframe hours
- 2,600
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-B2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J.M. Rutland
- Registered owner
- James M Rutland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- CGE · Cambridge Dorchester, runway 34, 4,000 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,900 total · 500 in this make and model · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg