Cessna 195 N4432C

Summary

On 17 July 2017 at about 16:20 local time, a Cessna 195 registered N4432C was involved in an accident near Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. One person was 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

17 July 2017 at 16:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Leavenworth, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Sherman Aaf (FLV)

Coordinates

39.3675, -94.9144

Aircraft

Cessna 195

Registration

N4432C

Category

Airplane

Year built

1952

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Goodland → Leavenworth

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA17CA415

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadvertent toe brake application during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and a ground loop.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel airplane reported that he made a normal approach to an asphalt runway. During the landing roll, the tail started to move to the left, and he corrected with left rudder application, but he recalled that "I may have unintentionally put pressure on the left toe brake." The airplane veered to the left and exited the left side of the runway. The airplane entered a drainage culvert and ground looped to the left. The right main landing gear (MLG) collapsed, and the right wing tip struck the ground. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right MLG attachment point. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.