# NTSB NYC73INO53: Cessna 195, N9879A, Ellsworth, ME, October 3, 1972

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 3, 1972
- Place: Ellsworth, ME · ELLSWORTH, ME
- Location: 44.5434° N, 68.4195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellsworth, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5434&lon=-68.4195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 27, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169727
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC73INO53
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73INO53

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0049   72/10/3   ELLSWORTH,ME        CESSNA 195          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 12426
        TIME - 1000                    N9879A              PX-  0  0  2  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT -  BAR HARBOR
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MT SNOW VT                  ELLSWORTH,ME
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        REMARKS- PLT STATED LEFT BRAKE INOP ON LANDING
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9879A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9879A), registered now, S/N 7581, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Registry model: [Cessna 195A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (registry code 2073110) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs L4 /R755-7](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (registry code 35003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport:  Bar Harbor

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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