- Date
- July 12, 1986, 12:37 local (16:37 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2187CCessna 195A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860712032209A
- Case key
- 31671
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear - failure,total
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
The plt stated that the left main gear collapsed while he was trying to recover from a 45 degree swerve to the right during lanidng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2187C
- Reported as
- Cessna 195A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16172
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Jacobs R755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William J. Spitler
- Registered owner
- Asa G. Candler V
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1986
- Departed
- X04 · Orlando, FL
- Airport
- ORL · Orlando Executive, runway 25, 6,000 × 150 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,991 total · 200 in this make and model · 2,881 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL
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 N2187C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.