# Accident 20050313003979A: Cessna 180A, Orange Springs, FL, March 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2005, 16:15 local time
- Place: Orange Springs, FL
- Airport: 85th Avenue Airstrip Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4847° N, 82.0219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4847&lon=-82.0219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5341D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5341D-2006-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,367 total, 720 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050313003979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 17 DURING MODERATE CROSSWIND CONDITIONS AT 85TH AVENUE AIRSTRIP, ORANGE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, CE-180, N5341D, COLLIDED WITH A WOODEN FENCE AT THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 17, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA^ THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ AS N5341D TOUCHED DOWN, A STRONG GUST OF WIND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. HE STATED THAT HE APPLIED POWER TO RECOVER, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AS IT RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY, AND THEN FINALLY TOUCHED DOWN AND REMAINED ON THE SURFACE WITH LESS THAN 1,000 FEET REMAINING OF THE 3,000 FOOT RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ STATED THAT HE APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO COLLIDING WITH A WOODEN FENCE AT THE END OF RUNWAY 17. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DAT^ FURTHER STATED THAT HE REGRETTED NOT INITIATING A GO AROUND WHILE SUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINED AVAILABLE.

## 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 MIA05CA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05CA078), Mar 13, 2005: Cessna 180A (N5341D), Orange Springs, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the landing and his misjudgment of the runway distance needed to complete the 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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