# Accident 19730323006689A: Cessna 305A, Forest, VA, March 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1973
- Place: Forest, VA
- Airport: New London
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 37.2717° N, 79.3359° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEW LONDON (W90), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2717&lon=-79.3359&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5255G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5255G) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 467 total, 6 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73DID19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DID19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730323006689A

## Narrative

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

UN CLB ABV TREES,PLT CUT PWR HIT TREES AT GND LVL.

## 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 IAD73DID19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73DID19), Mar 23, 1973: Cessna 305A (N5255G), Forest, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5255G (1)

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

- [Accident 20150829014099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150829014099A), Aug 29, 2015: Cessna 305A (N5255G), Midlothian, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot elected to land downwind with a quartering tailwind on hard surface grassy runway. Pilot lost directional control of the aircraft during the roll out.…

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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