# Accident 19991203042929A: Cessna 305A, Akron, CO, December 3, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1999, 14:40 local time
- Place: Akron, CO
- Airport: Washington Co Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7306° N, 104.9194° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7306&lon=-104.9194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5245G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5245G-2000-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 305A (registry code 2074002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991203042929A

## Narrative

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

(-23)LANDING IN HIGH WINDS ON RWY 11 THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. A/C EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL GROUND LOOP. RIGHT WHEEL FAILED FOLLOWED BY RIGHT WHEEL STRUT FAILURE. A/C THEN EXPERIENCED RIGHT WING TIP DAMAGE AND A PROP STRIKE. WEATHER REPORTS INDICATE CROSSWIND GUSTS TO 27 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT. (.19) ON DECEMBER 3, 1999, APPROXIMATELY 1440 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 305A (L-19 BIRDDOG), N5245G, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT AKRON-WASHINGTON COUNTY AIRPORT, AKRON, COLORADO.  THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED FROM BURLINGTON, COLORADO, APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.  NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE PILOT SAID THAT HE WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 11, AND THE WIND WAS 010 DEGREES AT 18 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 27 KNOTS.  HE SAID THAT HE APPLIED "SCREECHING" RIGHT BRAKE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE RIGHT MAI                                                                                                                                       RIGHT MAIN WHEEL LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE. HE SAID THAT THE RIGHT "GEAR LEG PROMPTLY WENT AWAY," AND THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ONTO ITS RIGHT WING AS THE AIRPLANE TURNED LEFT INTO THE WIND. ADDITIONALLY, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BOX WAS DAMAGED, THE RIGHT OUTBOARD WING SPAR WAS BENT, AND THE RIGHT AILERON WAS DAMAGED. POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY, BY THE PILOT, REVEALED THAT ALL FOUR WHEEL ASSEMBLY ATTACHMENT BOLTS HAD SHEARED.

## 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 DEN00LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA024), Dec 3, 1999: Cessna 305A (N5245G), Akron, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the four bolts which attach the right main landing gear assembly to the landing gear strut.

## Other reports on N5245G (3)

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

- [Accident 19980905029829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980905029829A), Sep 5, 1998: Cessna 305A (N5245G), Louisville, KY, Substantial damage. (-23) Banner tow operation. Banner would not release so pilot landed with banner attached to aircraft. Banner contacted runway first causing aircraft to lose…
- [Accident 19960417047159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960417047159A), Apr 17, 1996: Cessna 305 (N5245G), Erie, CO, Substantial damage. (-16) [privacy data omitted] banner twisted, forced landing in field.
- [Accident 19880110000509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880110000509A), Jan 10, 1988: Cessna 305A (N5245G), Littleton, CO, Substantial damage. Poorly snow plowed landing strip. Pilot allowed aircraft to hit a snow ridge. Aircraft then cartwheeled.

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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