- Date
- July 25, 1998, 12:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2125CCessna 195B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980725023909A
- Case key
- 43579
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
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
The pilot stated that while he was performing a touch-and-go landing he landed with an excessive sink rate and the main landing gear collapsed.
Factual narrative
On July 25, 1998, approximately 1210 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 195B, N2125C, sustained substantial damage after a hard landing at Ashland, Oregon, The private pilot, the sole occupant, received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which had originated at Ashland, for a series of touch and go landings. No flight plan was filed and the pilot reported that the ELT actuated, but did not assist in locating the wreckage.
The pilot stated that he landed with an excessive sink rate and the main landing gear collapsed. The NTSB 6120.1/2 form provided was unsigned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2125C
- Reported as
- Cessna 195B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16118
- Airframe hours
- 2,573
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-B2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Matthew R. Bond
- Registered owner
- Tara Labs, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1998
- Departed
- SO3
- Airport
- SO3 · Ashland, runway 30, 3,603 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 50 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KMF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2125C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.