- Date
- May 30, 1986, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Port Huron, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4745GCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860530075629A
- Case key
- 13465
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Analysis
The flight was to be a currency flight for the plt who indicated the acft had sat unused for over 8 months. After 10-15 minutes of flight the engine stopped. A hard landing was made on lake st. clair and the acft was substantially damaged. When interviewed the plt stated 'I'm sure it's water if I had it to do over again I would drain the tanks completely.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4745G
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7173
- Airframe hours
- 4,867
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas B. Morris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1985
- Departed
- RLA · New Baltimore, MI
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,037 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,981 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DTW, 24 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.
Other investigations on N4745G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.