- Date
- August 27, 1994, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ossipee, NH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9885ACessna 195B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940827048629A
- Case key
- 8976
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Probable cause
Separation of the left main landing gear due to fatigue failure.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he made a normal approach and landing at a private turf strip when during the landing roll the main landing gear collapsed. The airplane was examined by the FAA and it was revealed that the main landing gear collapsed due to fatigue failure.
Factual narrative
On August 27, 1994, at 1200 eastern daylight time, N9885A, a Cessna 195B, owned and operated by David Swanson of Wakefield, New Hampshire, crashed during landing at a private strip in Ossipee, New Hampshire. The certificated airline transport pilot and his passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The personal flight was operated under 14 CFR 91 and had originated in Sanford, Maine.
The pilot reported that he made a normal approach to the airstrip. He stated that the airplane touched down and during the landing roll the main landing gear broke and the airplane ground-looped.
The landing gear was examined by an FAA Aviation Safety Inspector who reported that the left main gear folded during the roll out due to fatigue failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9885A
- Reported as
- Cessna 195B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7638
- Airframe hours
- 6,421
- Engine
- Jacobs 755-B2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David Swanson
- Registered owner
- David Swanson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1993 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- SFM · Sanford, ME
- Destination
- PVT · NH
- Airport
- PVT · Windscok Village
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
- 57
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26,000 total · 33 in this make and model · 16,900 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.