# Accident 19910723029639A: Cessna 305A, Keokuk, IA, July 23, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1991, 13:30 local time
- Place: Keokuk, IA
- Airport: Keokuk Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4599° N, 91.4285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEOKUK MUNI (EOK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4599&lon=-91.4285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5074Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5074Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 305A (registry code 2074002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- Reported engine: CONT O47011B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,406 total, 60 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI91LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910723029639A

## Narrative

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

GROUND LOOPED DURING A SPOT LANDING CONTEST. GUSTY CROSSWIND.TOUCHED DOWN IN A CRAB ANGLE. LOST CONTROL.

## 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 CHI91LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA225), Jul 23, 1991: Cessna 305A (N5074Z), Keokuk, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: DIVERTED ATTENTION BY THE PILOT RESULTING IN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL NOT BEING MAINTAINED. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS CROSSWIND.

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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