# NTSB LAX01LA096: Cessna 195A, N95U, Palm Springs, CA, February 10, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 10, 2001, 13:07 local (21:07 UTC) - Place: Palm Springs, CA - Coordinates: 33.850715, -116.55931 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8507&lon=-116.5593&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 6, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: WP-RAL-FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 51722 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX01LA096 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51722/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA096 ## Probable cause The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of his dual student who lost directional control on landing. ## 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 - weather condition - variable wind - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - Nose over, landing - roll - terrain condition - rough/uneven ## Analysis The airplane departed the right side of the runway, and as the main gear entered the dirt, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The instructor pilot was providing an airplane checkout to the dual student, who was at the controls during landing. During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the right. The instructor told the student to add left aileron, but the airplane continued to the right. The instructor took the controls but was not able to keep the airplane on the runway. ## Factual narrative On February 10, 2001, at 1307 hours Pacific standard time, a Cessna 195A, N95U, sustained substantial damage when it departed runway 13L and nosed over on landing at the Palm Springs Regional airport, Palm Springs, California. The airplane was owned and operated, under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91, by the Certified Flight Instructor, who along with his Airline Transport Pilot rated dual student, was not injured. Visual metrological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed for the instructional flight, which originated from Borego Springs, California, approximately 1230. Both pilots were interviewed by National Transportation Safety Board investigators. The instructor pilot stated he was providing an airplane checkout to the dual student, who was at the controls during landing. During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the right. The instructor told the student to add left aileron, but the airplane continued to the right. The instructor took the controls but was not able to keep the airplane on the runway. The airplane departed the right side of the runway, and as the main gear entered the dirt, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N95U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95U), registered now, S/N 7714, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 195A - Registry model: [Cessna 195A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (registry code 2073110) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Jacobs R755A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (registry code 35006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7714 - Airframe hours: 2360 - Engines: Jacobs R-755-A2 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Brower Aircraft, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 31, 2000, 15 hours before - Departed: L08, BORREGO SPRINGS, CA - Destination: PSP, Palm Springs, CA - Airport: PSP, Palm Springs Regional, runway 13L, 4,952 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review June 10, 2000; seat: right; flight hours: 22,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 17,600 as pilot in command, 255 in the last 90 days, 82 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours - Student pilot; injuries: none; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken - Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 34 °F - Altimeter: 29.87 inHg - Observed at: PSP ## 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 20010210001679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010210001679A), Feb 10, 2001: Cessna 195A, Palm Springs, CA, Substantial damage. (-19)On February 10, 2001, at 1307 hours PST, a Cessna 195A, N95U, sustained substantial damage when it departed runway 13L and nosed over after landing at the… ## Other investigations on N95U (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 WPR23LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA095), Jan 20, 2023: Cessna 195A (N95U), Calexico, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting wind. 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.