# NTSB NYC88LA070: Cessna 195, N1077D, Meriden, CT, January 31, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 31, 1988, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Meriden, CT
- Location: 41.5087° N, 72.8295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERIDEN MARKHAM MUNI (MMK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5087&lon=-72.8295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36086
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36086/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA070

## 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, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

AFTER PERFORMING SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, THE STUDENT PILOT MADE A LANDING RIGHT OF THE CENTER LINE. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT, STRUCK A SNOWBANK, SHEARED OFF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, THEN GROUNDLOOPED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1077D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1077D), registered now, S/N 7689 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 195
- Registry model: [Cessna 195](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195) (registry code 2073102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs R755A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (registry code 35006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7689
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: JACOBS R-755-9 245 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Frank Podgwaite
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 1987
- Airport: MMK, Meriden/Markham, runway 18, 3,058 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 9,950 total, 22 in this make and model, 9,500 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880131012369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880131012369A), Jan 31, 1988: Cessna 195, Meriden, CT, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing veered into snowbank and ground looped. CFI was unable to recover control.

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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