20060706012529A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 305A · Saratoga, WY · July 6, 2006

Date
July 6, 2006 · 07:20 local
Place
Saratoga, WY
Airport
Saratoga Ndb
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N542EZ
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN06CA093
Reported as
Cessna 305A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total400 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Pilot lost control of aircraft on take-off roll. Aircraft veered to the right, was over corrected to the left and would not come back to the right to the center of the runway. Aircraft went off the left side of the runway and the landing gear collapsed causing substantial damage, buckling the fuselage and both wings. No injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT ON TAKE-OFF ROLL. AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, WAS OVER CORRECTED TO THE LEFT AND WOULD NOT COME BACK TO THE RIGHT TO THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, BUCKLING THE FUSELAGE AND BOTH WINGS. NO INJURIES.

NTSB investigation

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