- Date
- June 19, 2012, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Millington, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4418CCessna 195B
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 2012
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- FAA report
- 20120619012749A
- Case key
- 84045
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot stated that during landing on runway 22, the airplane encountered a gust of wind that lifted the left wing. The airplane then veered to the right. The right main landing gear collapsed and the right wing contacted the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that during landing on runway 22 the airplane encountered a gust of wind which lifted the left wing. The airplane then veered to the right. The right main landing gear collapsed and the right wing contacted the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane. The recorded winds at the airport about the time of the accident were from 150 degrees at 9 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4418C
- Reported as
- Cessna 195B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16003
- Airframe hours
- 3,999
- Engine
- Jacobs R755 A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sager Lawrence B
- Registered owner
- Sager Lawrence B
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2012
- Departed
- 0TX0 · Granbury, TX
- Destination
- KNQA · Millington, TN
- Airport
- KNQA · Millington Regional Jetport, runway 22, 8,000 × 200 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
- 74
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 7, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,300 total · 400 in this make and model · 11,600 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- KNQA
Docket · 7
The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 5, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.