- Date
- June 28, 2005, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Peru, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N355STCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- West Chicago, IL, FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050628024159A
- Case key
- 61956
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Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining directional control during the landing and the ground loop he encountered.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The tailwheel airplane sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain following a ground loop during a landing. The pilot stated, "Winds were about 5 to 6 knots from 210 [degrees]. I made my approach on [runway] 18 and made a very routine 3 point landing. After slowing to about 30 mph the aircraft unexpectedly spun to the left, leaving the left side of the runway causing substantial damage to the right gear, right seat and right wing. At no time were the brakes applied." The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions associated with the flight.
Factual narrative
On June 28, 2005, about 0930 central daylight time, a Cessna 195, N355ST, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain following a ground loop during a landing on runway 18 at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport-Walter A Duncan Field (VYS), near Peru, Illinois. The personal flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. The passenger sustained a minor injury and the pilot reported no injury. The local flight departed from VYS about 0830.
The pilot's accident report stated:
Winds were about 5 to 6 knots from 210 [degrees]. I made my
approach on [runway] 18 and made a very routine 3 point landing.
After slowing to about 30 mph the aircraft unexpectedly spun to
the left, leaving the left side of the runway causing substantial
damage to the right gear, right seat and right wing. At no time
were the brakes applied.
The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions associated with the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N355ST
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7285
- Engine
- Jacobs R755B2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles A. Sanders
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- VYS · Peru, IL
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
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 80 in this make and model · 257 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Observed at
- VYS
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 N355ST · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.