# Accident 19800503013189A: Cessna 305A, Skwentna, AK, May 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1980, 19:00 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9903° N, 151.3978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Skwentna, AK, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9903&lon=-151.3978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65064, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65064-2013-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna Ector 305A (registry code 2073902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-ector-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: 1,000 total, 38 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800503013189A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM ROAD. WHEEL HIT SOFT SPOT AND CAUSED CRASH.

## 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 ANC80DAG50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG50), May 3, 1980: Cessna 305A (N65064), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N65064 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840831049829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840831049829A), Aug 31, 1984: Cessna 305A (N65064), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Tidal landing, area was slick with mud. Attempted to jump gully but gear struck bank. Aircraft flipped over.

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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