Palm Springs Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Palm Springs, California 92262
Saturday, February 10, 2001 13:07 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The airplane departed the right side of the runway, and as the main gear entered the dirt, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The instructor pilot was providing an airplane checkout to the dual student, who was at the controls during landing. During the landing roll, the airplane veered to the right. The instructor told the student to add left aileron, but the airplane continued to the right. The instructor took the controls but was not able to keep the airplane on the runway.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of his dual student who lost directional control on landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 2/10/2001
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1307
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City Palm Springs
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 92262
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 2
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport PALM SPRINGS REGIONAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID PSP
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 420
Weather Briefing Completeness Abbreviated
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1320 Pacific Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID PSP
Elevation of weather observation facility 420
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation PST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 7000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 7000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Thin Broken
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 16
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.88
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 10945
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Feb 10 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1330
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information IMAGE
Date of most recent change to record Nov 6 2001 9:00AM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Riverside CA

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N95U
NTSB Number LAX01LA096
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 195A
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 7714
Certified Max Gross Weight 3350
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 31 2000 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 15
Airframe Hours 2360
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Brower Aircraft, Inc.
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Ramona
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 92065
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code L08
Departure City BORREGO SPRINGS
Departure State CA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1230
Departure Time Zone PST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code PSP
Destination City Palm Springs
Destination State CA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - roll
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred Yes
Date of most recent change to record Oct 22 2001 11:42AM
User who most recently changed record COOS
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 13L
Runway Length 4952
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --