# NTSB LAX82DA188: Cessna 195, Scottsdale, AZ, May 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 22, 1982, 13:12 local (20:12 UTC)
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.610141, -111.889877 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6101&lon=-111.8899&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72581
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA188
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72581/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA188

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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.

- 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

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.

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