20161003019829A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna Ector 305A · Concord, NH · October 3, 2016

Date
October 3, 2016 · 10:46 local
Place
Concord, NH
Airport
Concord Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N305MR
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA005
Reported as
Cessna Ector 305A
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,900 total5 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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.

Shortly after making a normal touchdown on runway 35 the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft and began turning toward the right side of the runway. The pilot attempted to correct the right hand turn with full left rudder and brake, but was unable to recover from the turn. The aircraft skidded off the right hand side of the runway into the grass and continued turning out of control tearing the left main gear from the aircraft which resulted in a propeller strike and the left wing making contact with the ground before coming to a stop with a heading 180 degrees out from which the aircraft had landed, approximately 100 feet off the runway.

As the FAA filed it

SHORTLY AFTER MAKING A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 35 THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND BEGAN TURNING TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE RIGHT HAND TURN WITH FULL LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE TURN. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS AND CONTINUED TURNING OUT OF CONTROL TEARING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RESULTED IN A PROPELLER STRIKE AND THE LEFT WING MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND BEFORE COMING TO A STOP WITH A HEADING 180 DEGREES OUT FROM WHICH THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED, APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.