Cessna 195 accident near Greenville, MO
On September 26, 1996, a Cessna 195 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Greenville, MO. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 26, 1996
- Place
- Greenville, MO
- Aircraft
- Cessna 195 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.120°N, 90.441°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06690
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 26, 1996, about 1130 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 195, N195WR, was destroyed when it impacted terrain following an in-flight breakup near Greenville, Missouri. The private rated pilot and three passengers sustained fatal injury. The personal, 14 CFR Part 91 flight originated in West Memphis, Arkansas, about 1035, with a planned destination of Creve Coeur, Missouri. Instrument meteorological conditions, severe rain, and thunderstorms were reported by witnesses in the vicinity of the accident site. A VFR flight plan was filed. In a written statement, an Air Traffic Controller from the Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center reported "N195WR checked in on frequency with not very good radios. Once communications were established, I advised him of the general conditions in the area of his destination. He advised that he was going to proceed north as far as he could and then stop." Another controller reported "I attempted a hand-off on N195WR to Kansas City Center. At approximately the same time, I lost radar and radio with the aircraft." According to the Wayne County Sheriff, several people in the vicinity of the accident site reported that they heard the sound of an airplane flying overhead at "a low altitude." No eyewitnesses were located. The main wreckage was discovered on September 27, 1996, about 1330. METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION The pilot telephoned the Jonesboro Flight Service Station (FSS) at 1013 cdt. He reported that he landed in West Memphis and requested cancellation of his flight plan. He requested weather for a flight from W
Probable cause
the pilot's decision to fly into known adverse weather which resulted in an overload failure and separation of the left wing.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
