# NTSB WPR19LA153: Cessna 195, N1008D, Socorro, NM, May 22, 2019 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report - Date: May 22, 2019, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC) - Place: Socorro, NM - Coordinates: 34.020278, -106.901947 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0203&lon=-106.9019&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 3 - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 99466 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR19LA153 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99466/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99466 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19LA153 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control while landing with a quartering tailwind. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195A, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2073110), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) - [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=2073110), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md) - [Wind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000/cases.md?model=2073110), [All aircraft, 110 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034000/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 195A, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2073110), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna 195A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2073110), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 195A, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2073110), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 195A, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2073110), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 195A, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2073110), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot stated that, as he approached the airport for landing, the wind was reported as calm. During landing, the tailwheel-equipped airplane touched down fast and bounced. When the airplane settled back onto the runway, it started to veer to the right. The pilot applied left rudder and brakes; the left brake went all the way down and the airplane exited the right side of the runway and ground looped, and the left main landing gear separated from the airplane. The pilot reported that when he exited the airplane, he noticed that the wind had increased. Examination of the brake system did not reveal any anomalies. Review of recorded weather observations from the accident airport indicated that, about the time of the accident, quartering tailwind conditions existed for the pilot’s chosen runway, with a tailwind component of about 8 knots and a right crosswind component of about 3 knots. Given this information, the accident is consistent with the pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing with a quartering tailwind. ## Factual narrative On May 22, 2019, about 0915 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 195 airplane, N1008D, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Socorro, New Mexico. The commercial pilot was not injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that, when he approached the airport, the wind was calm. The tailwheel-equipped airplane touched down onto runway 33 fast and bounced. When the airplane settled back onto the runway, it started to veer to the right. He applied left rudder and brakes; the left brake went all the way down and the airplane exited the right side of the runway. The airplane ground looped and the left main landing gear separated. The pilot reported that, when he exited the airplane, he noticed that the wind had increased. Examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector did not reveal any anomalies with the braking system; however, due to the separation of the left main landing gear, the system could not be operationally tested. Review of recorded weather observations at the accident airport indicated calm wind conditions until 0855, when wind was reported from 180º at 3 knots. At 0915, wind had increased to 9 knots from the same direction. Based on the 2-minute average, the reported wind indicated a 3-knot crosswind and 8-knot tailwind for landing on runway 33. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1008D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1008D), registered now, S/N 7616, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 195 (A) - Registry model: [Cessna 195A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-195a) (registry code 2073110) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Jacobs R755A series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755a-series) (registry code 35006, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7616 - Year built: 1950 - Airframe hours: 6044 - Engines: Jacobs R-915-5SERIES 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2019, 14 hours before - Departed: LBB, Lubbock, TX - Destination: ONM, Socorro, NM - Airport: ONM, Socorro Municipal Airport, runway 33, 5,841 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 74; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review November 14, 2018; seat: left; restraint: none; flight hours: 2,778 total, 44 in this make and model, 2,778 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 21 °F - Altimeter: 29.75 inHg - Observed at: ONM ## 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 20190522005049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190522005049A), May 22, 2019: Cessna 195A, Socorro, NM, Substantial damage. On may 22, 2019 at 0927 MDT, a Cessna 195A, N1008D, registered to [privacy data omitted], departed the runway while landing at Socorro Municipal Airport,… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 7, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=99466. 1.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13337374&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR19LA153%20Pilot%20Report%206120%201_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Record of conversation - federal aviation administration inspector (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 53 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=8282405&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROC%20faa%20inspector%20on%20scene-Rel.pdf - Statement of email - meteorology (item 3, PDF, 4 pages, 247 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=8279910&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ROE%20wx-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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