# NTSB SEA06CA132: Cessna 195, N6857D, Great Falls, MT, July 3, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: July 3, 2006, 10:03 local (16:03 UTC) - Place: Great Falls, MT - Coordinates: 47.481945, -111.370552 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4819&lon=-111.3706&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 64060 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA132 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64060/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA132 ## Probable cause The pilot's loss of aircraft control during the takeoff roll, and the subsequent inadvertent ground loop. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run - terrain condition - runway ## Analysis The pilot said that as he taxied onto the runway, the wind was variable "seeming to come from all quadrants." He applied power slowly as he lined up on the center line; he had about 30 percent power on when the airplane started veering to the right. The pilot said that full left rudder and tapping the left brake did not change the course. As the airplane approached the edge of the runway, the left main landing gear folded under the fuselage and the aircraft settled onto the runway. The left main landing gear damaged the bottom of the fuselage, the engine mount was damaged, and the outboard four feet of the left wing was bent up. ## Factual narrative On July 3, 2006, at 1003 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 195, N6857D, was substantially damaged during a ground loop event while attempting to depart from Great Falls International Airport, Great Falls, Montana. The airline transport pilot and his passenger were not injured. The pilot/owner was operating the flight under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross-country flight which was originating at the time. The pilot had filed a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan. The pilot said that as he taxied onto the runway, the wind was variable "seeming to come from all quadrants." He applied power slowly as he lined up on the center line; he had about 30 percent power on when the airplane started veering to the right. The pilot said that full left rudder and tapping the left brake did not change the course. As the airplane approached the edge of the runway, the left main landing gear folded under the fuselage and the aircraft settled onto the runway. The left main landing gear damaged the bottom of the fuselage, the engine mount was damaged, and the outboard four feet of the left wing was bent up. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6857D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6857D), registered now, S/N 7848, built 1951 (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: 7848 - Engines: Jacobs 755-A2 300 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Gary R. Hanson - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, November 1, 2005, 19 hours before - Departed: GTF, Great Falls, MT - Destination: YQL, Lethbridge - Flight plan: VFR - Airport: GTF, Great Falls International Arpt, runway 34, 6,357 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 66; injuries: none; commercial, flight engineer, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review October 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 26,000 total, 185 in this make and model, 19,000 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 0° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.21 inHg - Observed at: GTF ## 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 20060703013659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060703013659A), Jul 3, 2006: Cessna 195, Great Falls, MT, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 3, 2006, the pilot [privacy data omitted] holder of airline transport pilot certificate [privacy data omitted] ground looped a Cessna CE-195,… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.