# NTSB GAA20CA070: Cessna 195, N195BG, Kalispell, MT, November 11, 2019 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: November 11, 2019, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC) - Place: Kalispell, MT - Coordinates: 48.178611, -114.303611 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1786&lon=-114.3036&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 21, 2020 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 100556 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA20CA070 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100556/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100556 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA070 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and the left main landing gear collapsing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 195, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2073102), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that, after a bounced landing, he maintained directional control and conducted a three-point landing back onto the runway. Shortly after, the airplane gradually veered left, but he overcorrected, and the airplane veered right. He corrected with left rudder control and was able to maintain the runway centerline, but as the airplane slowed, it veered left again. He corrected with right rudder and right brake, but the airplane continued left, exited the runway and skidded sideways, and the left landing gear collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. Postaccident examination by the pilot's mechanic revealed that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, after a bounced landing, he maintained directional control and 3-point landed the airplane back on to the runway. Shortly after, the airplane gradually veered left but he overcorrected, and the airplane veered right. He corrected with left rudder control and was able to maintain runway centerline but as the airplane slowed, the airplane veered left again. He corrected with right rudder control and right brake, but the airplane continued left, exited the runway to the left, the left landing gear collapsed, and the airplane impacted terrain. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot was unsure if there was a mechanical anomaly with the tailwheel or brakes. A post-accident examination by the pilot's mechanic revealed that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N195BG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N195BG-2021-01-23), registration cancelled 2021-01-23, S/N 7652, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 195 (Undesignat) - Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Jacobs L6](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l6) (registry code 35005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7652 - Year built: 1951 - Engines: Jacobs L6 330 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: S27, Kalispell, MT - Destination: S27, Kalispell, MT - Airport: S27, Kalispell City, runway 31, 3,600 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: None ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: helicopter, airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 18, 2019; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 4,188 total, 52 in this make and model, 3,940 as pilot in command, 76 in the last 90 days, 38 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours - Co-pilot; injuries: none; airplane ratings: multi-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: right; restraint: 4-point ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 27 °F, dew point 12 °F - Altimeter: 30.53 inHg - Observed at: KGPI, 8 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 20191111021029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191111021029A), Nov 11, 2019: Cessna 195, Kalispell, MT, Substantial damage. On November 11, 2019, at 1345 MST, a Cessna 195, N195BG, registered to An individual, ground looped on landing roll out at Kalispell City Airport, Kalispell,… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 28, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100556. 1.5 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40480842&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF - FAA Record of Conversation (item 2, .PDF, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40480843&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Record%20of%20Conversation-Master.PDF - Accident Photo (item 3, .PDF, 279 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40480844&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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