- Date
- March 8, 1983, 15:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1560DCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830308016519A
- Case key
- 23634
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At about 50 ft AGL during the takeoff portion of a touch-and-go, the eng loss power & the acft crashed into a fence. Thecarburetor bowl was drained & about 2/3 of the fluid was determined to be water. The fuel strainer also contained water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1560D
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7782
- Airframe hours
- 1,680
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-9, 245 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R.M. Graves
- Registered owner
- H.J. Hirtzer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1982 · 191 hours before
- Airport
- CCR · Buchanan, runway 1L, 4,700 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,137 total · 17 in this make and model · 1,948 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1560D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.