# NTSB CEN09CA246: Cessna 195, N4495C, Burnet, TX, April 9, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 9, 2009, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place: Burnet, TX
- Coordinates: 30.738889, -98.238609 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7389&lon=-98.2386&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 14, 2009
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73644
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09CA246
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73644/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA246

## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate compensation for the gusting crosswinds during landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Response/compensation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

When the pilot approached his destination airport, the winds were reported to be from 280 degrees at 15 knots, gusting to 27 knots with peak winds of 32 knots recorded near the time of the accident. The pilot performed a go-around on the first attempt to land on runway 1. After increasing the intended landing speed by 15 knots, the pilot performed a "normal wheel landing" in his tailwheel-equipped airplane. On roll out, the airplane drifted left and the pilot was unable to correct the direction with ailerons and rudder. The pilot attempted to increase control authority by lowering the tailwheel, but was unable to maintain aircraft control. The airplane ground-looped and departed the right side of the runway. The left gear sheared from the fuselage and the airplane came to rest in a grassy area between the runway and taxiway, where it sustained substantial damage to the gear box, left wing, and left aileron.

## Factual narrative

When the pilot approached his destination airport, the winds were reported to be from 280 degrees at 15 gusting to 27 knots with peak winds of 32 knots recorded near the time of the accident. The pilot performed a go-around on the first attempt to land on runway 1. After increasing the intended landing speed by 15 knots, the pilot performed a "normal wheel landing" in his tail-wheel equipped airplane. On roll-out, the airplane drifted left and the pilot was unable to correct the direction with ailerons and rudder. The pilot attempted to increase control authority by lowering the tail wheel, but was unable to maintain aircraft control. The airplane ground looped and departed the right side of the runway. The left gear sheared from the fuselage and the airplane came to rest in a grassy area between the runway and taxiway. Substantial damage was sustained to the gear box, left wing, and left aileron.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4495C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4495C), registered now, S/N 16079 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195 (B)
- Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs R755A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (registry code 35006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 16079
- Airframe hours: 4379
- Engines: Jacobs R755-B2 275 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Last inspection: Annual, September 15, 2008, 50 hours before
- Departed: 88R, Spicewood, TX
- Destination: BMQ, Burnet, TX
- Airport: BMQ, Burnet Municipal Airport, runway 01, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; last flight review April 21, 2007; seat: left; flight hours: 24,951 total, 234 in this make and model, 21,929 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 15 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BMQ, 1 nm away

## 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 20090409005309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090409005309A), Apr 9, 2009: Cessna 195, Burnet, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 9, 2009, [privacy data omitted] acted as pilot in command of Cessna, N4495C. While attempting to land at the Burnet municipal airport, Burnet,…

## Other investigations on N4495C (1)

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.

- [NTSB BFO92LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92LA029), Mar 4, 1992: Cessna 195 (N4495C), Charleston, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM THE TAXIWAY SIGN.

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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