- Date
- January 22, 1995, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N195JBCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950122000669A
- Case key
- 29015
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Probable cause
the failure of the left main strut due to a pre-existing crack.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that after a local flight he returned for a full-stop landing. During the rollout the aircraft yawed slightly to the left, which was corrected with right rudder. The aircraft then veered to the right, exited the runway, and ground looped in the adjoining dirt. The pilot said he could not correct the right turn with rudder or brake application. Subsequent inspection of the aircraft by a FAA airworthiness inspector revealed that the left main strut failed just above the wheel assembly. The inspector reported that the fracture face was 'heavily discolored and had obviously been there a very long time.'
Factual narrative
On January 22, 1995, at 1330 mountain standard time, a Cessna 195, N195JB, ground looped following separation of the left main wheel during the landing ground roll at the Deer Valley airport, Phoenix, Arizona. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot and was on a local personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft incurred substantial damage. The certificated commercial pilot and the one passenger onboard were not injured. The flight originated at the Deer Valley airport on the day of the accident at 1230 hours.
The pilot reported that after a local flight he returned and landed on runway 7 right. During the rollout the aircraft yawed slightly to the left, which was corrected with right rudder. The aircraft then veered to the right, exited the runway, and ground looped in the adjoining dirt. The pilot said he could not correct the right turn with rudder or brake application.
Subsequent inspection of the aircraft by a Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness inspector revealed that the left main strut failed just above the wheel assembly. The inspector reported that the fracture face was "heavily discolored and had obviously been there a very long time."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N195JB
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7220
- Airframe hours
- 1,023
- Engine
- Jacobs L6MB, 330 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph W. Bartasavage
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 16, 1995 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- DVT
- Airport
- DVT · Deer Valley, runway 7R, 8,200 × 100 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,225 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DVT
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 N195JB · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.