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Event ATL85LA133

1985-04-12 LEXINGTON, Kentucky, United States Airport · LEX None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4408C

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 195

Year of manufacture

1952 · 33 years old at event

Engine

JACOBS R755A SERIES (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19560418

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A54E10

Registrant of record

BARRON AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

DURING LDG ROLL-OUT THE PLT APPLIED BRAKE PRESS IN ORDER TO TURN ONTO THE TAXIWAY & THE RT BRAKE GRABBED CAUSING THE ACFT TO GROUND LOOP. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR SPRING STRUT SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT POINT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_ATL85LA133.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type. Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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