- Date
- January 28, 1988, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rolla, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1071DCessna 195
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34534
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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
Shortly after takeoff, during a personal flight, the engine progressively lost power. The PIC attempted an emergency ldg in a pasture. During the ldg roll, the acft collided with a tree, causing substantial damage to the right wing. Post accident aircraft inspection failed to reveal reason for power loss. The plt said the eng was still idling during lndg. He also said the carb heat was on during takeoff and was working. He said the max alt attained was about 150 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1071D
- Reported as
- Cessna 195
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7683
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755, 245 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James T. Harris
- Registered owner
- Harris, James T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- K07 · Rolla, MO
- Airport
- K07 · Rolla, runway 27, 3,020 × 40 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
- 70
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,004 total · 204 in this make and model · 4,880 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F