- Date
- February 16, 1985, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Galena, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3081BCessna 195B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850216003629A
- Case key
- 13004
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - snowbank
Analysis
The acft nosed over when the main lndg gear hit a snowbank during lndg. Te plt stated that he had a x-wind from the rt side. He allowed the acft to drift left into the snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3081B
- Reported as
- Cessna 195B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7966
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Jacobs R755B SERIES, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aeroschmidt, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 21, 1984 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- OH44 · Galena, OH
- Airport
- Grover, runway 9, 3,500 × 75 ft, snow
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,725 total · 700 in this make and model · 3,580 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.