Cessna 195 N4385N

Summary

On 12 February 1998 at about 20:26 local time, a Cessna 195 registered N4385N was involved in an accident near Carefree, Arizona, 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

12 February 1998 at 20:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Carefree, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Carefree Skyranch (E18)

Coordinates

33.8204, -111.9005

Aircraft

Cessna 195

Registration

N4385N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Falcon Field → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX98LA087

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's misjudging the wind direction and his selection of the wrong runway for the landing attempt.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While approaching the airport to land, the pilot attempted to obtain advisories and was not successful in obtaining any information after two attempts. He flew over a flag on downwind for runway 06. He said the winds were 'out of the East (from) 270 at approximately 10 mph.' The pilot claimed that after landing he experienced a wind shift which caused the airplane's left main wheel to drop off the edge of the runway and it struck a runway light. The initial police officer on the scene told the Safety Board that it appeared that the airplane landed with the wind instead of into the wind. The FAA Inspector who went to the scene said the pilot landed downwind and that there were residual tire marks from the left main tire as it skidded on the runway. A review of all available weather data from several airports in the local area revealed that the winds at the time of the accident were predominately from the west.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.