- Date
- May 22, 1982, 13:12 local (20:12 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CFRJLCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72581
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The pilot, a resident of Canada, landed the foreign registered aircraft on runway 21 with a wind from 240 deg at 6 KTS. Reportedly, the aircraft ground looped during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFRJL
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen O. Repka
- Registered owner
- Stephen O. Repka
- Departed
- TUS · Tulson, AZ
- Destination
- Mt. Pleasant, TX
- Airport
- SDL · Scottsdale Muni, runway 21, 4,801 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDL