# Accident 20150527007759A: Cessna Ector 305A, Richfield, UT, May 27, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2015, 15:00 local time
- Place: Richfield, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7361° N, 112.1003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7361&lon=-112.1003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16708, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna Ector 305A (registry code 2073902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-ector-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 ECTOR 305A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 700 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150527007759A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE IN OHIO AND WAS TRANSPORTING IT BACK TO CALIFORNIA.  ON MAY 27, 2015 THE PILOT DEPARTED FORT COLLINS CO, FNL, ENROUTE TO TONAPAH AZ, KTPH.  HE MADE A FUEL STOP IN GRAND JUNCTION CO, GJT, THEN DEPARTED FOR KTPH.  HE MADE THE DECISION IN FLIGHT TO STOP IN RICHFIELD AND GET MORE FUEL.   THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE AND THEN GROUND LOOP.  THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL WAS DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE OUTER RIGHT HAND WING.  MINER DAMAGE TO THE CONTROL SURFACES.

## 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 GAA15CA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA100), May 27, 2015: Cessna 305 (N16708), Richfield, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.

## Other reports on N16708 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730609014209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730609014209A), Jun 9, 1973: Cessna 305A (N16708), Las Vegas, NV. Hand prop due solenoid malf. Hot eng. Misc-inadvertent engine start

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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