# Accident 19840927056869A: Cessna 305A, Anchorage, AK, September 27, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1984, 20:04 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2207° N, 149.8505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2207&lon=-149.8505&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
- Reported engine: CONT O47011B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 79 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC84FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840927056869A

## Narrative

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

GROUND LOOPED ON ROLLOUT. 4TH INCIDENT WITH CONTROL PROBLEM. TAILWHEEL SPRING LEAF OVERSIZED, NOT FIRMLY FASTENED.

## 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 ANC84FA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84FA192), Sep 28, 1984: 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 19730123002839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730123002839A), Jan 23, 1973: Cessna 305A (N5312G), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Plt planned to lnd within the 700FT threshold extension. Lndd 4FT short. Gr collapsed.

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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