- Date
- December 8, 1982, 09:05 local (16:05 UTC)
- Place
- Lewellen, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3091BCessna 195B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821208065079A
- Case key
- 71416
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,main gear - failure,total
Analysis
Pilot collided with a dirt mound during takeoff from a field and groundlooped the aircraft. Landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3091B
- Reported as
- Cessna 195B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7976
- Airframe hours
- 2,641
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2, 245 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kugler Co.
- Registered owner
- Kugler Co.
- Departed
- Lewellen, NE
- Destination
- C · Lexington, NE
- Airport
- Caldwell Private, runway 32, 2,800 × 500 ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 54 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N3091B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.