# NTSB LAX85FUG01: Cessna 195, N3879V, Riverside, CA, October 31, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 31, 1984, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Location: 33.9888° N, 117.4099° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLABOB (RIR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9888&lon=-117.4099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24541
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85FUG01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24541/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85FUG01

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING A LANDING ROLL FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3879V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3879V-2012-11-14), registration cancelled 2012-11-14, S/N 7347, built 1949 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs R755A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (registry code 35006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7347
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841031059399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841031059399A), Oct 31, 1984: Cessna 195, Riverside, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot stated plane started jumping on rollout and flipped onto back.

## Other investigations on N3879V (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX86LA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA351), Sep 15, 1986: Cessna 195 (N3879V), Porterville, CA, substantial damage

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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