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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 305A · Bartow, FL · March 2, 2005

Date: March 2, 2005 · 12:25 local
Place: Bartow, FL
Airport: Bartow Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N54550
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA05CA068
Reported as: Cessna 305A
Reported engine: Continental O470*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,980 total1 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N54550Registered now · Cessna-Vansant Interprises-Inc 305AS/N JV5 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna-Vansant Interprises-Inc 305A Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) On Wednesday 2 March, 2005, the pilot privacy data omitted was operating a Cessna L-19 bird dog (Cessna 305A) on a sales demonstration flight. The pilot privacy data omitted, the buyer, was operating the aircraft in the front seat as pilot-in-command, with privacy data omitted (the seller) in the rear seat. The purpose of the flight was to demonstrate the aircraft to the pilot privacy data omitted by allowing him to fly the airplane. The pilots entered the Bartow Municipal Airport traffic pattern to execute takeoffs and landings. Upon landing on runway 9R, the pilot privacy data omitted executed a three point landing. As the airplane was on the roll in preparation to takeoff, the pilot privacy data omitted lost control and ground looped the airplane. The aircraft sustained substantial damage with no injuriesto the pilots. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH, 2005, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING A CESSNA L-19 BIRD DOG (CESSNA 305A) ON A SALES DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^, THE BUYER, WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT IN THE FRONT SEAT AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND, WITH ^PRIVACY DA^ (THE SELLER) IN THE REAR SEAT. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE AIRCRAFT TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ BY ALLOWING HIM TO FLY THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOTS ENTERED THE BARTOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN TO EXECUTE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 9R, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ EXECUTED A THREE POINT LANDING. AS THE AIRPLANE WAS ON THE ROLL IN PREPARATION TO TAKEOFF, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH NO INJURIESTO THE PILOTS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB MIA05CA068Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportBartow, FLThe pilots failure to maintain directional control resulting in the airplane ground-looping. A factor in the accident was the pilots lack of total experience in the airplane make and model.Mar 2, 2005 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N54550 · 1

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

Accident 19850507018682AGround Taxi, Other Airplane · Winter Haven, FLStruck by out of control glider 4033 during taxi after landing. Tow aircraft was returning for next tow.May 7, 1985 · Substantial damage