# Accident 20060706012529A: Cessna 305A, Saratoga, WY, July 6, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2006, 07:20 local time
- Place: Saratoga, WY
- Airport: Saratoga Ndb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4344° N, 106.8172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4344&lon=-106.8172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N542EZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060706012529A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 DEN06CA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06CA093), Jul 6, 2006: Cessna 305A (N542EZ), Saratoga, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain direction control during the takeoff roll.

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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