# NTSB ERA24LA385: Cessna 195, N195KW, Dyersburg, TN, September 18, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: September 18, 2024, 09:50 local (14:50 UTC) - Place: Dyersburg, TN · Runway 4 - Coordinates: 35.997972, -89.406583 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9980&lon=-89.4066&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 195143 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA385 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195143/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195143 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA385 ## Probable cause Failure of the tailwheel strut, which resulted in a loss of directional control during landing roll and a runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: nose/tail gear strut/axle](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023222): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Failure (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023222/cases.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 36 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023222/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the vintage tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that during landing roll, he heard a “pop,” followed by an uncommanded right turn. He was unable to correct the turn, and the airplane departed the right side of the runway. The left main landing gear subsequently collapsed on a taxiway, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. Examination of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the tailwheel strut had failed and was in an overextended position, which locked the tailwheel in a right turn. The inspector added that the tailwheel strut had been rebuilt about 15 years and 500 operating hours prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N195KW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N195KW), registered now, S/N 7242, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 195 - Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Jacobs R755A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (registry code 35006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7242 - Year built: 1948 - Airframe hours: 4140 - Engines: Jacobs R755 B2 275 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 8, 2024, 36 hours before - Departed: FYE, Somerville, TN - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: DYR, Dyersburg Regional Airport, runway 4, 5,698 × 98 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; injuries: none; airline transport, flight instructor, commercial, flight engineer; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 9, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 19,024 total, 668 in this make and model, 12,194 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 29 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 90° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 63 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: DYR - METAR: KDYR 181456Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM CLR 24/17 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP162 6//// T02390172 51009 PNO $ ## 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 20240918013199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240918013199A), Sep 18, 2024: Cessna 195, Dyersburg, TN, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Departed fayette county airport (kfye) on a personal flight to Dyersburg county airport (kdyr) with a pilot and 2 passengers on board.… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 21, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195143. 1.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17719137&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for the record - FAA statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 68 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17718982&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MFR-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 4 pages, 3 photos, 563 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17725550&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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