- Date
- April 6, 1985, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4331NCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850406051589A
- Case key
- 24714
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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.
Analysis
The student lost control & ground looped the acft during rollout from the fifth landing while practicing for his bfr. The CFI reported that the accident might have been prevented had he been more attentive and/or provided better supervision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4331N
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7078
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-9, 245 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles R. Griffon Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1985 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- RYN · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- RYN · Ryan Field, runway 6, 5,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 21,980 total · 201 in this make and model · 21,925 as pilot in command · 158 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N4331N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.