- Date
- August 30, 2002, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shenandoah, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4331NCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20020830027579A
- Case key
- 55643
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind, and the locked brake. A factor associated with the accident was the crosswind.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane nosed over during a landing roll. The pilot reported that he obtained the local Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) prior to landing. He stated the AWOS reported the winds as being from 150 degrees at 9 knots, and then later as being from 140 degrees at 8 knots. The AWOS was also reporting that runway 12/30 was closed for maintenance so the pilot made his landing approach to runway 22. The pilot reported that after touchdown the airplane weathervaned into the wind and traveled off the left side of the runway. He reported he used right rudder and the brakes to get the airplane back on the runway heading while in the grass. The airplane then ground looped to the right and nosed over. The right brake was found locked up after the accident. The 1305 weather observation taken at SDA showed the winds were from 110 degrees at 8 knots. Skid marks from the right main landing gear were visible on the runway.
Factual narrative
On August 30, 2002, at 1300 central daylight time, a Cessna 195, N4331N, nosed over following a loss of directional control while landing on runway 22 (5,000 feet by 75 feet, concrete) at the Shenandoah Municipal Airport (SDA), Shenandoah, Iowa. The pilot was not injured and the airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from Longmont, Colorado, at 0824 mountain daylight time.
The pilot reported that he was stopping at SDA for an en route fuel stop on his way to Blakesburg, Iowa. He reported he contacted Flight Watch several times during the flight and he listened to the SDA Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) prior to landing. He stated the AWOS reported the winds as being from 150 degrees at 9 knots, then later as being from 140 degrees at 8 knots. The AWOS was also reporting that runway 12/30 was closed for maintenance so the pilot made his landing approach to runway 22.
The pilot reported that after touchdown the airplane weathervaned into the wind and traveled off the left side of the runway. He reported he used right rudder and the brakes to get the airplane back on the runway heading while in the grass. The airplane then ground looped to the right and nosed over.
The pilot report that after leaving the hospital, he returned to the airport and the airplane was being put in the hangar. He reported, "They detached the tow and tried to push the plane into the hangar. They were unable to do so because the right brake was locked. The driver of the tow truck then disconnected the right brake line on the right landing gear and the brake immediately released."
The 1305 weather observation taken at SDA showed the winds were from 110 degrees at 8 knots.
Skid marks from the right main landing gear were visible on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4331N
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7078
- Airframe hours
- 5,876
- Engine
- Jacobs R755A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arnold R. Peckar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 2002 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- 2V2 · Longmont, CO
- Destination
- SDA · Shenandoah, IA
- Airport
- SDA · Shenandoah Municipal, runway 22, 5,000 × 75 ft, concrete
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 996 total · 486 in this make and model · 883 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Observed at
- SDA
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 N4331N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.