- Date
- October 26, 1998, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Rugby, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1003DCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1999
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19981026030879A
- Case key
- 45168
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Probable cause
the pilot failed to maintain directional control.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during touchdown the airplane was 'probably not lined up directly down the runway, but a little to the right. Apparently I did not apply enough right rudder, because the airplane went off the runway... .' The airplane hit a runway light and then ground looped. The pilot reported, 'I would have to say this was due to pilot loss of directional control.'
Factual narrative
On October 26, 1998, at 1145 central standard time, a Cessna 195, N1003D, was substantially damaged when it ground looped during the landing roll. The private pilot was not injured. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight had departed Rugby, North Dakota, on a local flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot reported that during touchdown the airplane was "probably not lined up directly down the runway, but a little to the right. Apparently I did not apply enough right rudder, because the airplane went off the runway... ." The airplane hit a runway light and then ground looped. The pilot reported, "I would have to say this was due to pilot loss of directional control."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1003D
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7611
- Airframe hours
- 2,149
- Engine
- Jacobs R755-B2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phillip Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1998 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- RUG
- Airport
- RUG · Rugby Municipal, runway 12, 3,604 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 816 total · 14 in this make and model · 725 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.