# NTSB CEN12CA429: Cessna 190, N190W, Anthony, NM, July 9, 2012 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 8, 2012, 18:20 local (Jul 9, 2012, 00:20 UTC) - Place: Anthony, NM - Coordinates: 32.00754, -106.61295 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0075&lon=-106.6129&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: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 9, 2012 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 84272 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN12CA429 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84272/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84272 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA429 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 190, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072902), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [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 190, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072902), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 190, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072902), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 190, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072902), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that the airplane ground looped as it slowed following a 3-point, full stall landing. The airplane departed the runway, and the left main wheel contacted the raised asphalt of the parallel taxiway. The left main landing gear collapsed, and the left wing contacted the ground resulting in substantial damage to the left wing, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical failures associated with the airplane that would have resulted in the loss of control. The pilot reported that the local winds were light and variable at the time of the accident. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that the airplane ground looped as it slowed following a 3-point, full stall landing. The airplane departed the runway and the left main wheel contacted the raised asphalt of the parallel taxiway. The left landing gear collapsed and the left wing contacted the ground resulting in substantial damage to the left wing, fuselage, and empennage. The pilot stated that there was no mechanical failure of the airplane that would have resulted in the loss of control. The pilot reported the local winds were light and variable at the time of the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N190W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N190W-2015-10-02), registration cancelled 2015-10-02, S/N 7537 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 190 - Registry model: [Cessna 190](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-190) (registry code 2072902) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7537 - Airframe hours: 1917 - Engines: Continental W670-23 240 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Keith A. Russell - Registered owner: Keith A. Russell - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 6, 2012 - Departed: 5T6, Santa Teresa, NM - Destination: TA50, Anthony, NM - Airport: TA50, Cielo Dorado Estates, runway 04, 4,000 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; injuries: minor; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review December 10, 2011; seat: left; flight hours: 16,600 total, 75 in this make and model, 11,450 as pilot in command, 75 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 300° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 95 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.01 inHg - Observed at: KELP, 17 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 20120708013739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120708013739A), Jul 8, 2012: Cessna 190, Anthony, TX, Substantial damage. On July 8, 2012 at 18:20 MDT a Cessna 190, N190W registered to perlan aviation, LLC, departed the runway and ground looped on landing at Cielo Dorado Estates… ## Other investigations on N190W (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 LAX84FA255](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84FA255), Apr 14, 1984: Folke Wulf 1903A (N190W), Livermore, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 8, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=84272. 679 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 626 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40373698&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Record of Conversation (2) (item 2, .PDF, 53 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40373705&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20(2)-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.