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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 305A · Westerly, RI · August 2, 2017

Date: August 2, 2017 · 14:00 local
Place: Westerly, RI
Airport: Westerly Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5213G
Reported as: Cessna 305A
Reported engine: Continental O-470 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 940 total250 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N5213GRegistered now · Cessna 305AS/N 21573 · Built 1951 Airframe modelCessna 305A Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The airman was returning from a sight seeing trip. The airman lined up with runway 14 and at the time, the wind was 180 degrees at 9 knots. In the airman's statement, "a gust occurred after touchdown and he was unable to keep the aircraft on the runway." The right main departed the runway and continued to pull the aircraft into the grass. While bouncing on the rough surface, the left main gear snapped into three pieces, causing the aircraft to slide on its belly and the propeller to strike.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRMAN WAS RETURNING FROM A SIGHT SEEING TRIP. THE AIRMAN LINED UP WITH RUNWAY 14 AND AT THE TIME, THE WIND WAS 180 DEGREES AT 9 KNOTS. IN THE AIRMAN'S STATEMENT, "A GUST OCCURRED AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND HE WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY." THE RIGHT MAIN DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED TO PULL THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GRASS. WHILE BOUNCING ON THE ROUGH SURFACE, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR SNAPPED INTO THREE PIECES, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE ON ITS BELLY AND THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE.

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