# Accident 19980429008479A: Cessna 305A, Fredericktown, MO, April 29, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 29, 1998, 12:05 local time - Place: Fredericktown, MO - Airport: Fredericktown Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 37.5610° N, 90.2896° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5610&lon=-90.2896&mi=10 - Aircraft: N201FM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201FM-2023-11-27) (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 O470* - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA137) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980429008479A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. VEERED OFF RUNWAY LANDING. LOST CONTROL DOWN EMBANKMENT. NOSED OVER. LIGHT GEAR TYPE TUCKS IN ON SIDE LOADS. (.4)AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT A GRADUAL LEFT TURNING TENDENCY. THE AIRPLANE ABRUPTLY TURNED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT TRIED TO COMPENSATE WITH LEFT AILERON AND POWER. BY THIS TIME, THE AIRPLANE HAD LEFT THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE TO FULL LEAN. THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED MUD ON THE DOWN SLOPE OF THE EMBANKMENT FLANKING THE RUNWAY, AND GENTLY NOSED OVER ONTO ITS TOP. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES. (-23)UPON LANDING THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT FOR WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LEFT TURNING TENDENCY. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A MORE THAN EXPECTED RIGHT TURN AND THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT AILERON TO CORRECT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ITS RIGHT TOTATION ANF THE PILOT THEN ADDED POWER TO TRY TO INCREASE FOWARD MOMENTUM AND ATTEMPT TO CANCEL ROTATION. THE AICRAFT CONTINUED ITS RIGHT AND OFF THE RUNWAY AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT PULLED THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE TO IDLE. UPON LEAVING THE RUNWAY THE AICRAFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND SLID DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND NOSED OVER DAMAGING THE WINGS, VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER AND PROPELLER. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THIS AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH WHAT IS REFERREF TO AS A "LIGHT GEAR" WHICH HAS A HIGH POSITIVE ARCH TO IT. THIS DESIGN HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE THE GEAR TO TUCK IN WHEN A SIDE LOAD IS APPLIED. CESSNA HAS MADE A HEAVY GEAR ASSEMBLY AVAILABLE WHICH HAS A ZERO OR NEGATIVE ARCH TO IT AND ELIMINATES THIS PROBLEM. THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS APPLIED BY THE PILOT DO NOT WORK WITH THE LIGHT GEAR ASSEMBLY. ## 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 CHI98LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA137), Apr 29, 1998: Cessna 305 (N201FM), Fredricktown, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after landing. Factors contributing to this accident were the embankment, and the soft , muddy soil making up the embankment. ## Other reports on N201FM (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20220610009749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220610009749A), Jun 10, 2022: Cessna 305A (N201FM), Sioux Falls, SD, Substantial damage. Pilot was cleared for landing touch and go #1 on rwy 21 at fsd and a jet was cleared to land #2 for rwy 21. Pilot didn't want to impede the flow of the landing… - [Accident 19900518016679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900518016679A), May 18, 1990: Cessna 305A (N201FM), Woodstock, GA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final,landed in trees short of runway. Large quanitiy of water in fuel. Pilot drained fuel preflight 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.