# NTSB CEN23LA011: Cessna L-19E, N9019V, Navasota, TX, October 5, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: October 4, 2022, 19:04 local (Oct 5, 2022, 00:04 UTC) - Place: Navasota, TX - Coordinates: 30.38754, -96.08785 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3875&lon=-96.0879&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: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 106095 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN23LA011 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106095/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106095 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA011 ## Probable cause The pilot’s loss of control while landing resulting in a runway excursion and ground loop. ## 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 L-19E, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2074016), [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 L-19E, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2074016), [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 L-19E, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2074016), [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 L-19E, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2074016), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that her approach was at a “higher-than-normal speed which led to a ground loop.” The airplane veered off the east side of the runway and came to rest on an embankment. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the front of the fuselage and left wing. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9019V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9019V-2024-04-15), registration cancelled 2024-04-15, S/N 305M0023, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA L-19E - Registry model: [Cessna L-19E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-l-19e) (registry code 2074016) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 305M0023 - Year built: 1962 - Airframe hours: 2545 - Engines: Continental O-470-11 219 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 2022 - Departed: 11R, Brenham, TX - Destination: 11R, Brenham, TX - Airport: 60R, Navasota, runway 17, 5,003 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 61; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 1, 2022; seat: center; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 8,000 total, 35 in this make and model, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 50° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: KCLL, 19 nm away - METAR: KCLL 042353Z 05005KT 10SM CLR 29/06 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP155 T02890056 10322 20289 55001 ## 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 20221004019719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221004019719A), Oct 4, 2022: Cessna L-19E, Navasota, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot statement: I was landing at 60R, Navasota, on runway 17 and was the sole occupant of the aircraft. I approached at a higher than normal speed which led… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 7, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=106095. 5.7 MB in all. - NTSB form 6120 pilot operator report CEN23LA011 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 3.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14578763&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120%20Pilot%20Operator%20Report%20CEN23LA011_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photo array CEN23LA011 (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 2.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14578773&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20CEN23LA011-Rel.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. 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