- Date
- October 31, 1984, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Riverside, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3879VCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841031059399A
- Case key
- 24541
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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 - in flight
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Nose over
Analysis
The acft nosed over during a landing roll following a loss of control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3879V
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7347
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clyde Litton
- Registered owner
- Grand Canyon Dories Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RAL · Riverside, CA
- Destination
- RIV · Rubidoux, CA
- Airport
- RIR · Fla-Bob
N3879VRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Cessna 195Airframe modelCessna 195Engine modelJacobs R755A series
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N3879V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.