# Incident 19991022031329I: Cessna 305A, Hobbs, NM, October 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1999, 10:30 local time
- Place: Hobbs, NM
- Airport: Industrial Airpart Airport
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7305° N, 103.1614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hobbs, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7305&lon=-103.1614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5073Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5073Y) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991022031329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 22, 1999, WHILE BEING PILOTED BY MR. ROBERT DITTERT, CESSNA N5073Y, LANDED ON THE RAMP AT HOBBS INDUSTRIAL AIR PARK (HBB). THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROLLING OUT IT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT HE CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY TURNED TO THE LEFT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING SLGHTLY ABOVE TAXI SPEED.  THE LEFT WING TIP AND ELEVATOR TIP STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.  THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS CAUSED BY THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL INNER HALF BREAKING AT THE BEARING RACE CAUSING THE BEARING TO COLLAPSE INSIDE THE WHEEL.  AS THE WHEEL CAME APART, IT CAUSED THE LEFT BRAKE CALIPER TO BE RIPPED FROM THE HUB.

## Other reports on N5073Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20191017020149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191017020149A), Oct 17, 2019: Cessna 305A (N5073Y), New Braunfels, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed wharton regional airport, direct flight to New Braunfels Regional Airport. On approach, pilot aligned to center of runway 13. Main landing…

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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