- Date
- October 15, 1989, 17:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3893VCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891015040419A
- Case key
- 23064
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Probable cause
Pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and subsequent stall of the aircraft.
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 pilot stated that, after a bounced landing, she attempted to recover by pulling the flight control full aft. The aircraft stalled and collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3893V
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7365
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mary L. & Maureen L. Mcmaster
- Departed
- 5C1 · Boerne Stagefld, TX
- Airport
- 5C1 · Boerne Stage, runway 17, 3,400 × 40 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 810 total · 242 in this make and model · 705 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3893V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.