# Accident 19800126002599A: Cessna L19, Auburn, WA, January 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1980, 12:45 local time
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3276° N, 122.2267° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN MUNI (S50), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3276&lon=-122.2267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5263G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5263G) (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 L19
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 338 total, 35 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYE11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800126002599A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRPLANE ON LANDING ROLL. AIRPLANE GROUND-LOOPED OFF RUNWAY.

## 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 SEA80DYE11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYE11), Jan 26, 1980: Cessna 305A (N5263G), Auburn, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5263G (2)

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

- [Incident 20250822010729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250822010729I), Aug 22, 2025: Cessna 305A (N5263G), Nampa, ID, Minor damage. After landing on runway 29 at kman, the pilot stated the airplane began to drift to the right and he attempted to correct with left rudder input. The airplane…
- [Accident 20081110851979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081110851979A), Nov 10, 2008: Cessna 305A (N5263G), San Diego/El C, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) During the flair to land aircraft ballooned, landing attitude was re-established but on touching down directional control was lost resulting in a ground…

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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