# NTSB MKC90LA058: Cessna 195, N4332V, Garden City, KS, March 1, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 1, 1990, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Coordinates: 37.969074, -100.859085 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9691&lon=-100.8591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34935
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC90LA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34935/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA058

## Probable cause

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE TAIL WHEEL ACFT, THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY COLLIDING WITH A SNOW BANK. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS TORN OFF AND THE RIGHT WING TIP SUSTAINED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE ALONG WITH THE PROPELLER BLADES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4332V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4332V), registered now, S/N 7238, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs L4 /R755-7](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (registry code 35003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7238
- Engines: JACOBS R-755-9 245 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Donald E. Terry
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: GUP, GALLUP, NM
- Airport: GCK, Garden City, runway 17, 5,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 6,096 total, 96 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: GCK, 1 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900301004819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900301004819A), Mar 1, 1990: Cessna 195, Garden City, KS, Substantial damage. Lost control on landing and veered into a snowbank.

## Other investigations on N4332V (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN26LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA056), Nov 28, 2025: Cessna 195 (N4332V), Downers Grove, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during an attempted go-around.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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