# NTSB CHI06CA113: Cessna 195, N3456V, Pine Creek, MN, April 8, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 8, 2006, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place: Pine Creek, MN
- Coordinates: 48.999443, -95.982498
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.9994&lon=-95.9825&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 31, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63580
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63580/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA113

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - runway

## Analysis

The airplane sustained substantial damage during a bounced landing.  The pilot reported that the airplane was too high during the flare and the airplane bounced during the landing.  He reported that he lost control of the airplane and the left wing impacted the terrain during the landing roll.

## Factual narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage during a bounced landing.  The pilot reported that the airplane was too high during the flare and the airplane bounced during the landing.  He reported that he lost control of the airplane and the left wing impacted the terrain during the landing roll.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3456V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3456V-2007-10-02), registration cancelled 2007-10-02, S/N 7153, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 195
- Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs L6](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l6) (registry code 35005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7153
- Engines: Jacobs LGMB 330 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard Ulmer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: OWA, Owatonna, MN
- Destination: 48Y, Pinecreek, MN
- Airport: 48Y, Piney Pinecreek Border, runway 33

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1; flight hours: 1,400 total, 55 in this make and model, 1,380 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20060408005169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060408005169A), Apr 8, 2006: Cessna 195, Pinecreek, MN, Substantial damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] the pilot [privacy data omitted] accepted delivery of N3456V in owatonna MN from owner [privacy data omitted] the afternoon of…

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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