- Date
- October 7, 1988, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Porterville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2141CCessna 195B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881007045799A
- Case key
- 26270
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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 - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Remedial action - improperFactor
Supervision - inadequateCause
Main gear collapsed
Nose over
Analysis
During a dual instructional flight, the pilot lost directional control of the airplane while landing. The airplane veered left. When the pilot corrected to the right, the left main landing gear collapsed. The airplane nosed over and came to rest on the right side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2141C
- Reported as
- Cessna 195B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16126
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stelwagon, Frank M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Tulare, CA
- Destination
- PTV · Porterville, CA
- Airport
- PTV · Poeterville, runway 30, 6,000 × 146 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 3,000 in this make and model · 12,200 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.