# NTSB BFO87LA043: Cessna 195A, N9321A, Cambridge, MD, June 27, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 27, 1987, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Cambridge, MD
- Coordinates: 38.559368, -76.069183 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5594&lon=-76.0692&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11325
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO87LA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11325/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO87LA043

## 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
  - landing gear,gear locking mechanism - not engaged (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9321A-2013-05-22), registration cancelled 2013-05-22, S/N 7517, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- Registry model: [Cessna 195A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (registry code 2073110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs L4 /R755-7](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (registry code 35003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7517
- Airframe hours: 2600
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; 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

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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