- Date
- May 20, 1995, 20:00 local (May 21, 1995, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Malvern, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7152MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950520012249A
- Case key
- 19428
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was the pilot's lack of recent experience.
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
According to the 94 hour private pilot, the brakes failed during the landing roll. The airplane exited the left side of the runway, traveled across a road and impacted a fence post and a tree. Examination of the brake system revealed no anomalies and skid marks were found on the runway. The pilot's most recent flight was on October 2, 1994, 230 days before the accident.
Factual narrative
On May 20, 1995, at 2000 central daylight time, a Cessna 175, N7152M, collided with a fence while landing near Malvern, Arkansas. The private pilot was not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane was being operated by Malvern Flyers, Inc., under Title 14 CFR Part 91. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions with calm winds prevailed for the local personal flight which departed Malvern at 1930 CDT.
According to the pilot, after landing on the first third of runway 03 at Malvern Municipal Airport, the airplane's brakes failed. The airplane exited the left side of the runway, passing through a ditch, across a road, and coming to rest against a tree and a fence post. Damage to the airplane included distortion of the fuselage and bending of both wing spars.
On May 22, 1995, a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector examined the airplane's brakes and found "they functioned good and had no defects." He also observed skid marks of both the left and right main gear tires on the runway leading to the point at which the airplane exited the runway. A copy of the inspector's statement is attached to this report.
Examination of the pilot's logbook by an FAA inspector revealed that the last logged flight was on October 2, 1994. The pilot completed a biennial flight review on March 12, 1994, and logged a total of 4.9 hours of flight time in 1994.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7152M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55452
- Airframe hours
- 2,501
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kratz, Wendell D.
- Registered owner
- Malvern Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 18, 1995 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- M78
- Airport
- M78 · Malvern Municipal, runway 3, 3,188 × 60 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 6 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.