Cessna 195 N6857D

Summary

On 3 July 2006 at about 16:03 local time, a Cessna 195 registered N6857D was involved in an accident near Great Falls, Montana, 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

3 July 2006 at 16:03

Classification

Accident

Location

Great Falls, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Great Falls International Arpt (GTF)

Coordinates

47.4819, -111.3706

Aircraft

Cessna 195

Registration

N6857D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Great Falls → Lethbridge

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA06CA132

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's loss of aircraft control during the takeoff roll, and the subsequent inadvertent ground loop.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.