# NTSB DEN76DTE88: Cessna 195, N775A, Hayden, CO, August 15, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 15, 1976
- Place: Hayden, CO · HAYDEN, CO
- Location: 40.4922° N, 107.2643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hayden, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4922&lon=-107.2643&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 9, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 154933
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN76DTE88
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76DTE88

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2111  76/8/15    HAYDEN,CO           CESSNA 195          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 52, 6010
        TIME - 1130                    N775A               PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - YAMPA VALLEY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DURANGO,CO                  HAYDEN,CO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          SCATTERED                                                UNLIMITED
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND
          NONE                                                     HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES
        TEMPERATURE-F                                            WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES
           75                                                      280
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           10                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- SUSTAINED GUST OF 40KTS CROSSWIND CAUGHT ACFT. UNICOM OPERATOR DID NOT ADVISE PLT OF WIND SHIFTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N775A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N775A), registered now, S/N 7631, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- 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
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Yampa Valley

## 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 19760815023919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760815023919A), Aug 15, 1976: Cessna 195B, Hayden, CO, Substantial damage. Sustained gust of 40KTS crosswind caught acft. UNICOM operator did not advise plt of wind shifts.

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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