# NTSB CHI85LA111: Cessna 195B, N3081B, Galena, OH, February 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 16, 1985, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Galena, OH
- Coordinates: 40.22092, -82.880294 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2209&lon=-82.8803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13004
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13004/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA111

## 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 - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3081B), registered now, S/N 7966, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195B
- Registry model: [Cessna 195B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195b) (registry code 2073112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs R755B series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (registry code 35007, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7966
- Airframe hours: 4200
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850216003629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850216003629A), Feb 16, 1985: Cessna 195B, Galena, OH, Substantial damage. After landing with crosswind on snow crusted sod airport, main wheel struck snowbank. Aircraft flipped over.

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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