# NTSB DEN88LA189: Cessna 195, N3455V, Rawlins, WY, August 25, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 25, 1988, 11:17 local (17:17 UTC)
- Place: Rawlins, WY
- Location: 41.8057° N, 107.2003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAWLINS MUNI/HARVEY FLD (RWL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8057&lon=-107.2003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17531
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17531/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA189

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - roll
  - landing gear,steering system - movement restricted (cause)
  - maintenance - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not possible (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3455V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3455V-2018-05-30), registration cancelled 2018-05-30, S/N 7152 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7152
- Airframe hours: 4744
- Engines: JACOBS R-755-A2 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Norman P. Harvey
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 13, 1988, 16 hours before
- Departed: CPR, CASPER, WY
- Destination: RWL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: RWL, Rawlins Municipal, runway 22, 7,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,520 total, 25 in this make and model, 1,376 as pilot in command, 108 in the last 90 days, 33 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RWL, 2 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 19880825035259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880825035259A), Aug 25, 1988: Cessna 195, Rawlings, WY, Substantial damage. Lost control and ground looped on landing after loud bang in tail. Turn buckles on tail steering cables misplaced.

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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