Cessna 195A N1069D

Summary

On 1 April 1998 at about 23:40 local time, a Cessna 195A registered N1069D was involved in an accident near Bend, Oregon, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 April 1998 at 23:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Bend, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Bend Municipal Airport (S07)

Coordinates

44.0697, -121.2493

Aircraft

Cessna 195A

Registration

N1069D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA98LA058

Nobody was injured.

Separation by fracture of the left main gear leg, as the result of fatigue cracks that initiated in corrosion pits on the gear leg surface.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the landing roll, when the dual student allowed the tailwheel aircraft to drift too close to the right side of the runway, the instructor applied left rudder and left brake. As he took this corrective action, the left main gear leg fractured and separated from the aircraft. NTSB examination of the fracture surface revealed that two fatigue cracks had initiated in corrosion pits created where the gear leg rubbed against the gear leg clamping system. The two cracks eventually combined to become one, and when loads were applied during the landing roll, an overstress separation stemming from the fatigue fracture region occurred.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.