NTSB CAROL · Event
Event ATL88LA209
Registry · N1576D
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
CESSNA 195A
Year of manufacture
1952 · 36 years old at event
Engine
JACOBS R755A SERIES (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19560616
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0E75E
Registrant of record
MOCK LURITA M
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE LEFT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE DURING LDG ROLLOUT ON RWY 27, ALLOWING THE LEFT GEAR TO DRAG ON THE RWY. THE AIRPLANE THEN BOUNCED, VEERED TO THE RIGHT, AND SKIDDED TO A STOP. THE LEFT LDG GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE ACFT STOPPED. THE PLT SAID THAT THE LDG WAS NOT HARD AND THAT THE WINDS WERE LIGHT & VARIABLE. EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT LDG GEAR REVEALED THAT THE AXLE SPINDLE HAD FRACTURED AND SEPARATED. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED OVERSTRESS FRACTURES AND EVIDENCE OF EXCESSIVE SIDELOADS. THE AIRPLANE ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, AILERON, THE LEFT HORIZ STAB AND ELEVATOR. THE ARPT WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 360 DEG AT 6 KTS, A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file
NTSB_1988_ATL88LA209.txt.
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