- Date
- March 4, 1992, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4495CCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920304005059A
- Case key
- 11764
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain clearance from the taxiway sign.
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 airplane had just landed on runway 23 after a cross country VFR flight. The pilot exited the runway to the left at taxiway A3. As he made the 70 degree left turn, the right wheel of his Cessna 195 went off the right side of the taxiway into soft dirt. The pilot increased engine power and pushed left rudder. As the tail of the airplane swung to the right, it struck an airport taxiway marker. The collision caused damage to the airplane's horizontal stabilizer and elevator. The pilot taxied to the ramp without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4495C
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16079
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Billy H. Basham
- Registered owner
- Billy H. Basham
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 10, 1991 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- ZZV · Zanesville, OH
- Destination
- 1600
- Airport
- CRW · Charleston/Yeager, runway 23, 6,302 × 150 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
- 61
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,841 total · 480 in this make and model · 3,841 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N4495C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.