# Accident 19730123002839A: Cessna 305A, Anchorage, AK, January 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1973
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5312G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5312G-2018-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 305A (registry code 2074002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 55 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC73DAG76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73DAG76) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730123002839A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT PLANNED TO LND WITHIN THE 700FT THRESHOLD EXTENSION.LNDD 4FT SHORT.GR COLLAPSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC73DAG76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73DAG76), Jan 23, 1973: Cessna 305A (N5312G), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5312G (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20151124019539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151124019539A), Nov 24, 2015: Cessna 305A (N5312G), Sulphur, LA, Destroyed. Aircraft doing touch & goes on runway 15. After low turn to upwind, about 100 feet AGL and still over airport property, engine quit. Pilot planned to land on…
- [Accident 20100507034039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100507034039A), May 7, 2010: Cessna 305A (N5312G), Fort Pierce, FL, Substantial damage. On may 07, 2010, at 1900 eastern daylight time, a Cessna CE-305 aircraft, N5312G, experienced the loss of directional control, immediately after landing, at…
- [Accident 19860703029839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860703029839A), Jul 3, 1986: Cessna 305A (N5312G), Figure Eight La, AK, Substantial damage. Crash occurred after power failure when emergency landing was attempted on a lake.
- [Accident 19840927056869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840927056869A), Sep 27, 1984: Cessna 305A (N5312G), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Ground looped on rollout. 4th incident with control problem. Tailwheel spring leaf oversized, not firmly fastened.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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