- Date
- August 22, 2003, 09:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place
- Sand Springs, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9882ACessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Oklahoma City
- Case key
- 57793
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll, the airplane suddenly veered to the right and the pilot applied left brakes. The airplane continued off the right side of the runway and spun around striking the left wing on the ground.
Factual narrative
On August 16, 2003, at 0925 central daylight time, a Cessna 195 single-engine airplane, N9882A, sustained substantial damage when it ground looped during the landing roll on runway 17 at William R. Pogue Municipal Airport (0F8), near Sand Springs, Oklahoma. The private pilot, and sole passenger of the airplane, was not injured. Visual metrological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The local flight originated from Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport, near Tulsa, Oklahoma at an unknown time.
The 1,759-hour pilot reported to the NTSB investigator-in-charge that the landing touchdown on runway 17 at 0F8 was "fine." During the landing roll, at about 40 knots, the airplane veered to the right and the pilot applied left brakes. The airplane continued off the side of the runway and spun around striking the left wing on the ground.
Examination of the tailwheel-equipped airplane by an FAA inspector who responded to the accident site, revealed the outboard 3 feet of the left wing was bent upward 45 agrees, and the left main landing gear was separated from the airframe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9882A
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7584
- Engine
- Jacobs L6, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Buford J. Tyler
- Registered owner
- William R Kennedy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RVS · Tulsa, OK
- Destination
- 0F8 · Sand Springs, TX
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL
Other investigations on N9882A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.