# NTSB WPR25LA125: Cessna 190, N190CG, Idaho Falls, ID, April 11, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 10, 2025, 19:45 local (Apr 11, 2025, 01:45 UTC) - Place: Idaho Falls, ID - Coordinates: 43.514476, -112.07062 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5145&lon=-112.0706&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 September 26, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 199996 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA125 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199996/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199996 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA125 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in crosswind conditions. ## 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 190, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2072902), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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 190, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2072902), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Wind: crosswind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 190, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/cases.md?model=2072902), [All aircraft, 1,008 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034040/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 190, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2072902), [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 190, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2072902), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 190, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2072902), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 190, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2072902), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that while conducting a wheel landing the tailwheel equipped airplane, it bounced twice, and he applied nose down elevator pressure to arrest the bounces. While doing so, he relaxed left aileron input, and the left wing began to rise, and the crosswind pushed the airplane to the right. The pilot stated that at this point the airplane was unrecoverable and the airplane ground looped. During the ground loop, the left main landing gear separated, and the left wing and fuselage struck the ground which resulted in substantial damage to both. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing on runway 21 with wind from 170° at 11 knots. In a subsequent statement the pilot reported that the initial ground loop occurred because of a loss of aircraft control, but that the failure of the gear leg may have been due to a pre-existing corrosion he observed in the leg after the accident. However, during the removal of the airplane from the accident site the gear leg fracture surface was ground down, and the gear leg welded temporarily back into place. Therefore, a determination of the leg condition before the accident could not be made. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N190CG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N190CG-2025-12-01), registration cancelled 2025-12-01, S/N 7634, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 190 - Registry model: [Cessna 190](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-190) (registry code 2072902) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Jacobs L4 /R755-7](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (registry code 35003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 7634 - Year built: 1950 - Airframe hours: 3470.6 - Engines: Jacobs R755-b2 275 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 4, 2024, 12.7 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: IDA, Idaho Falls Rgnl, runway 03/21, 9,002 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 20, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 758.3 total, 24.2 in this make and model, 687.1 as pilot in command, 9.7 in the last 90 days, 5.7 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 11 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 21 °F - Altimeter: 3023.00 inHg - Observed at: KIDA, 0.1 nm away - METAR: KIDA 110153Z 17011KT 10SM CLR 21/M06 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP215 T02061056 ## 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 20250410003339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250410003339A), Apr 10, 2025: Cessna 190, Idaho Falls, ID, Substantial damage. The pilot did a normal crosswind wheel landing that resulted in two small bounces. The pilot attempted to arrest the bounces by applying nose down elevator… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 26, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199996. 1.2 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 276 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19216813&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=r_6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 68 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19215871&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20MOR-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 886 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19215762&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photos-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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