Cessna 195B N2125C

Summary

On 6 January 2015 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna 195B registered N2125C, operated by Timothy P. Sager, was involved in an accident near Llano, Texas, 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

6 January 2015 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Llano, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Llano Municipal Airport (KAQO)

Coordinates

30.7842, -98.6000

Aircraft

Cessna 195B

Registration

N2125C

Category

Airplane

Year built

1954

Engines

1

Operator

Timothy P. Sager

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Llano → Denton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN15LA099

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s overrotation of the airplane when lifting the tail during the takeoff roll, which allowed the propeller to come in contact with the runway and resulted in a reduction in engine power and the pilot’s subsequent loss of directional control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that, when the tailwheel lifted off the runway, the engine lost power, and he thought it had quit. The airplane then pitched forward, and the propeller struck the asphalt runway. The airplane turned slightly right, went off the side of the runway, and nosed over. An examination of the runway found at least 15 propeller strikes in the runway pavement, which is indicative of the engine producing power and driving the propeller. Tire tracks and propeller strikes were observed going off the right side of the runway into the dirt and ending where the airplane nosed over. No anomalies were found with the airplane's controls, engine, or other systems. The pilot likely overrotated the airplane when he lifted the tail for takeoff, and the propeller then struck the runway, which resulted in a reduction of engine power and the pilot's subsequent loss of directional control.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.