# Accident 20140624013379A: Cessna 305A, Firebaugh, CA, June 24, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2014, 20:47 local time
- Place: Firebaugh, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7042° N, 120.8575° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7042&lon=-120.8575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5264G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5264G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 305A (registry code 2074002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140624013379A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED HE WAS GOING TO PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO INCREASING OIL TEMPERATURE. PILOT ALSO REPORTED THERE WERE NO OTHER ENGINE INDICATIONS AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING NORMAL.  HE WAS ABLE TO FIND AN ABANDONED DIRT STRIP AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. DURING LANDING THE PILOT HAD NO INDICATION OF WIND DIRECTION.  ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND A GUST OF WIND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND INTO THE GROUND, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE AGAIN AND HE THEN  LOST CONTROL STRIKING WING TIPS AND COLLAPSING THE RIGHT GEAR. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AGAIN THEN STRUCK BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WING TIPS. RIGHT GEAR SPRING BENT AND COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A DITCH.

## 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 WPR14CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA268), Jun 25, 2014: Cessna L19 - A (N5264G), Firebaugh, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions in the landing area, which resulted in a loss of directional control and encounter with soft terrain and vegetation.

## Other reports on N5264G (2)

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

- [Accident 19791209036159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209036159A), Dec 9, 1979: Cessna 305/ (N5264G), Sandpoint, ID, Substantial damage. Stalled aircraft into trees on low, slow final. Gusty wind. No stall warning. Aircraft battery removed.
- [Accident 19760416008619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760416008619A), Apr 16, 1976: Cessna 305A (N5264G), Warren, VT, Substantial damage. No fuel l tank,r abt half.

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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