Cessna 195 N4358V

Summary

On 19 June 2007 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 195 registered N4358V was involved in an accident near Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. 3 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

19 June 2007 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

W K Kellogg (BTL)

Coordinates

42.3072, -85.2514

Aircraft

Cessna 195

Registration

N4358V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Detroit → Battle Creek

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI07CA172

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll which resulted in a ground loop.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged during a ground loop on runway 31 (4,835 feet by 100 feet, asphalt). The pilot stated that on his third touch and go, he flared the airplane into a flat attitude to ease it down onto the runway. The airplane bounced twice and started to turn to the left. He corrected with right rudder but the aircraft bounced again and he applied more right rudder. The airplane responded and turned to the right. At this point the airplane was "45 degrees off the centerline of the runway and was heading for the runway lights." The pilot tried to correct the airplane back to the left, but the airplane ground looped. The left main landing gear collapsed and the airplane departed the right side of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.