# NTSB FTW83LA401: Cessna 195, N6894D, Sheridan, AR, August 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1983, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Sheridan, AR
- Coordinates: 34.299762, -92.400756 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2998&lon=-92.4008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21032
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA401
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21032/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA401

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear strut - overload (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear strut - fatigue (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6894D-2025-03-01), registration cancelled 2025-03-01, S/N 7837 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Registry model: [Cessna LC-126C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-lc-126c) (registry code 2073108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs R755A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (registry code 35006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7837
- Airframe hours: 3000
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830828044559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830828044559A), Aug 28, 1983: Cessna LC126C, Sheridan, AR, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing and then lost directional control of aircraft during landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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