# NTSB CHI82DA310: Cessna 195A, N195SB, Dixon, IL, August 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 6, 1982, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Dixon, IL
- Location: 41.8433° N, 89.4775° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dixon, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8433&lon=-89.4775&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70486
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA310
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70486/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA310

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT LANDED DOWNWIND ON RUNWAY 26 AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUNDLOOPED DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WING TIP WERE DAMAGED DURING THE SWERVE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N195SB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N195SB), registered now, S/N 7911, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195A
- Registry model: [Cessna 195B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195b) (registry code 2073112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs R-755B2](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r-755b2) (registry code 35023, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7374
- Airframe hours: 2419
- Engines: JACOBS R-755-B2 350 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert L. Finley
- Registered owner: Robert L. Finley
- Departed: OSHKOSH, WI
- Destination: DIXON, IL
- Airport: 1L6, Dixon Municipal, runway 26, 3,100 × 100 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 597 total, 31 in this make and model, 545 as pilot in command, 48 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft overcast

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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