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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 305F · Lawrence, MA · March 31, 2007

Date: March 31, 2007 · 10:00 local
Place: Lawrence, MA
Airport: Lawrence Municipal
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N305RH
Reported as: Cessna 305F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,000 total40 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N305RHRegistered now · Cessna 305FS/N 612956 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 305F Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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) The pilot CFI privacy data omitted stated he was giving dual instruction to privacy data omitted for his conventional wheel gear sign off. On the third touch and go the CFI stated as they touched down the aircraft veered to the left, and he waited too long to make the appropriate correction. The aircraft continued around to the left in a ground loop and came to rest with one wheel in the grass, one wheel on the runway headed about 230 degrees. The damage to the airplane is a broken right wheel, bent elevator and a bent right wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED STATED HE WAS GIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION TO ^PRIVACY D^ FOR HIS CONVENTIONAL WHEEL GEAR SIGN OFF. ON THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO THE CFI STATED AS THEY TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, AND HE WAITED TOO LONG TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATE CORRECTION. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED AROUND TO THE LEFT IN A GROUND LOOP AND CAME TO REST WITH ONE WHEEL IN THE GRASS, ONE WHEEL ON THE RUNWAY HEADED ABOUT 230 DEGREES. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE IS A BROKEN RIGHT WHEEL, BENT ELEVATOR AND A BENT RIGHT WING TIP.