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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 305A · Belen, NM · July 17, 1993

Date
July 17, 1993 · 10:15 local
Place
Belen, NM
Airport
Alexander Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5214G
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN93LA082
Reported as
Cessna 305A
Reported engine
Continental O47011B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
650 total40 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed in gusty quartering tailwind. Weathervaned into wind. Ground looped and nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN GUSTY QUARTERING TAILWIND. WEATHERVANED INTO WIND. GROUND LOOPED AND NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.