- Date
- August 28, 1983, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sheridan, AR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6894DCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830828044559A
- Case key
- 21032
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was damaged in a ground loop after a hard landing. After a high bounce the acft settled to the rwy and veered sharply to the left running off the rwy. Examination by an a & p mechanic revealed a fatigue crack in the left landing gear leg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6894D
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7837
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Jacobs R755B2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John F. Wilkerson Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1983
- Departed
- DTN · Shreveport, LA
- Destination
- PBF · Pine Bluff, AR
- Airport
- 9M8 · Sheridan, runway 1, 3,000 × 50 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,024 total · 260 in this make and model · 1,450 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 28 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.