# Accident 20150927015589A: Cessna C305F, Bentonville, AR, September 27, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2015, 15:00 local time
- Place: Bentonville, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3464° N, 94.2194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3464&lon=-94.2194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N119BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N119BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 305F (registry code 2074015, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C305F
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL 0-470
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 465 total, 35 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150927015589A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 AT 1500 CDT, AN CESSNA C305, N119BD, REGISTERED TO TEXAS STATE TECHINCAL COLLEGE, BOUNCED ON LANDING, THEN THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE, AND THE RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND UPON TOUCHDOWN AT BENTONVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, WHILE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM JOPLIN, MISSOURI ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2015, AT 1430 CDT.

## 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 GAA15CA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA288), Sep 27, 2015: Cessna 305F (N119BD), Bentonville, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain yaw control during a go-around, which resulted in a right main landing gear collapse and the right wing impacting terrain during a runway excursion.

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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