# NTSB ERA25LA295: Cessna 195, N1950C, Memphis, TN, August 8, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 8, 2025, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC) - Place: Memphis, TN · On Airport Surface - Coordinates: 35.033674, -89.985987 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0337&lon=-89.9860&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 30, 2026 - 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): 200767 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA295 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200767/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200767 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA295 ## Probable cause Failure of the left main landing gear due to the loss of the protective paint coating and a change in the local surface finish from impermissible grinding, which resulted in fatigue cracking. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Landing gear system: main landing gear](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Failure (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210/cases.md?model=2073112), [All aircraft, 241 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210/cases.md) - [Landing gear system: main landing gear](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Fatigue/wear/corrosion (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210/cases.md?model=2073112), [All aircraft, 241 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Attain/maintain not possible; cases with it: [Cessna 195B, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2073112), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Maintenance: unauthorized maint/repair](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Unknown/Not determined (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195B, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062040/cases.md?model=2073112), [All aircraft, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02062040/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: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 195B, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2073112), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna 195B, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2073112), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093); cases with it: [Cessna 195B, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md?model=2073112), [All aircraft, 319 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/093/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that during the landing roll at about 15 mph the airplane veered to the right. He applied left rudder and left brake to correct for the veer, but the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the lower fuselage and left wing. Examination of the left main landing gear by the NTSB Materials Laboratory revealed that it fractured due to the loss of its protective paint coating and alteration of the local surface finish, likely caused by impermissible surface grinding, which led to intergranular attack and subsequent fatigue cracking. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1950C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1950C), registered now, S/N 16183, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 195 (B) - 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 - Serial number: 16183 - Year built: 1954 - Engines: Jacobs R755 275 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 15, 2025 - Departed: TUP, Tupelo, MS - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: MEM, Memphis Intl, runway 18L, 9,000 × 150 ft, concrete - Equipment: ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Handheld GPS, Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; injuries: minor; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land, multi-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review August 26, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 15,873 total, 1,289 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days, 16 in the last 30 days, 0.6 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 90° at 9 knots - Visibility: 8 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 11,000 ft broken - Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 30.02 inHg - Observed at: MEM, 1 nm away - METAR: KMEM 082154Z 09009KT 8SM -RA FEW070 BKN110 25/22 A3002 RMK AO2 TSE53 SLP161 P0005 T02500222 $ ## 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 20250808011619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250808011619A), Aug 8, 2025: Cessna 195B, Memphis, TN, Substantial damage. Memphis, TN (mem): [privacy data omitted], C195, experienced a gear collapse after landing runway 18L and became disabled on the runway. No injuries and no… ## Docket (5 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 30, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200767. 6.8 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 8 pages, 2.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19836054&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Pilot_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 1.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19836351&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Materials lab factual report (item 3, PDF, 14 pages, 2.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19766937&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Materials%20Lab%20Factual%20Report%2025-078-Rel.pdf - Evidence control form (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 87 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20000740&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Evidence%20Control%20Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Release of aircraft wreckage, NTSB form 6120.15 (item 5, PDF, 2 pages, 123 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20000937&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Retention-Release-of-Wreckage-Form%20N1950C_Redacted-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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