# NTSB LAX82FA256: Cessna 195, N301M, Carson City, NV, July 14, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 14, 1982, 07:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Coordinates: 39.139591, -119.709991 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1396&lon=-119.7100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 14, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70146
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FA256
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70146/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA256

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command
  - maneuver - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - vfr pattern - final approach

## Analysis

IT WAS REPORTED THE PLT WAS GOING TO MAKE SOME TOUCH & GO LANDINGS BEFORE STARTING OUT ON THE CROSS-COUNTRY. ON THE THIRD APPROACH THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED ON FINAL APPROACH, ABOUT 300 YDS FROM THE RWY, MAKING A LEFT TURN OF ABOUT 360 DEG AT A LOW ALTITUDE. AT THIS TIME ANOTHER ACFT HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM THE RWY. WHILE IN THE TURN & COMING BACK ON FINAL THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO STALL, ROLL TO THE RIGHT & CRASH IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N301M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N301M-2017-04-04), registration cancelled 2017-04-04, S/N 7772 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7772
- Airframe hours: 2112
- Engines: JACOBS R-915-7 330 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert H. Lewis & Donna J. Lew
- Registered owner: Robert H. Lewis & Donna J. Lew
- Departed: O04, CARSON CITY, NV
- Destination: TIW, TACOMA, WA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: O04, Carson Airport, runway 27, 5,900 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,517 total, 316 in this make and model, 1,456 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Temperature: 160 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RNO, 19 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 19820714028929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820714028929A), Jul 14, 1982: Cessna 195, Carson City, NV, Destroyed. Stalled and crashed off the end of the runway while making a 360 degree turn from final to space for traffic.

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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