# Incident 20020127005079I: Cessna 305A, Greenwood, SC, January 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2002, 08:30 local time
- Place: Greenwood, SC
- Airport: Greenwood County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2504° N, 82.1578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENWOOD COUNTY (GRD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2504&lon=-82.1578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5073U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5073U) (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 O47011B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 92 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020127005079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 27, 2002, ABOUT 0830 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 305A, N507U, SUFFERED A GROUND LOOP UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 9 AT GREENWOOD COUNTY AIRPORT (GRD), IN GREENWOOD, SC. THERE WERE 2 PEOPLE ON BOARD AND THEY SUSTAINED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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