# NTSB FTW94LA066: Cessna 195, N9355A, Watkins, CO, January 10, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 10, 1994, 16:10 local (23:10 UTC) - Place: Watkins, CO - Coordinates: 39.750694, -104.599456 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7507&lon=-104.5995&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 14, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 18988 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW94LA066 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18988/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA066 ## Probable cause THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL BY THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER. A FACTOR WAS INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not maintained, pilot passenger (cause) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor) ## Analysis THE PILOT IN COMMAND, WHO WAS SEATED IN THE LEFT SEAT, ALLOWED THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER TO MAKE THE LANDING. THE AIRPLANE MADE A NORMAL FULL STALL LANDING ON RUNWAY 08 INTO A DIRECT HEADWIND OF 6 KNOTS. AS THE AIRPLANE DECELERATED TO ABOUT 40 MPH, IT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER OVER CORRECTED AND THE AIRPLANE GROUND LOOPED. THE PILOT IN COMMAND SAID LATER HE 'WAITED TOO LONG' BEFORE ASSUMING CONTROL AFTER THE AIRPLANE BEGAN 'FISHTAILING.' ## Factual narrative On January 10, 1994, approximately 1610 mountain standard time, a Cessna 195, N9355A, ground looped after landing on runway 8 at Front Range Airport, Watkins, Colorado. The pilot in command and the pilot rated passenger were not injured, but the airplane was substantially damaged. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed for the personal cross country flight. The pilot rated passenger was flying the airplane. According to the Pilot/Operator report submitted by the pilot in command, the full stall landing was normal. As the airplane decelerated to about 40 mph, it drifted to the right. He further reported that the pilot rated passenger "over corrected" and the airplane ground looped. The pilot in command later told a Federal Aviation Administration inspector he "waited too long" before assuming control after the airplane started "fishtailing." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9355A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9355A-1999-12-06), registration cancelled 1999-12-06, S/N 7434 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 195 - Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7434 - Engines: JACOBS R-755-A2 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Hoghland, Vohs, And Murphy - Registered owner: Hoghland, Vohs, And Murphy - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 12, 1993, 5 hours before - Departed: SYF, ST. FRANCIS, KS - Destination: FTG - Airport: FTG, Front Range, runway 8, 8,000 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 62; airline transport, flight engineer, commercial, private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 20,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 8,000 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 6 knots - Visibility: 60 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 9 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: DEN, 17 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 19940110002159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940110002159A), Jan 10, 1994: Cessna 195, Denver, CO, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed right seat pilot passenger to land. Swerved. Ground looped. Pilot waited to long after fish tailing. ## Other investigations on N9355A (1) 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. - [NTSB DEN69D0243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69D0243), Apr 5, 1969: Cessna 195 (N9355A), Greeley, CO, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.