# Accident 20191017020149A: Cessna 305A, New Braunfels, TX, October 17, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2019, 13:58 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7058° N, 98.0433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7058&lon=-98.0433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5073Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5073Y) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,764 total, 3,065 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191017020149A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WHARTON REGIONAL AIRPORT, DIRECT FLIGHT TO NEW BRAUNFELS REGIONAL AIRPORT.  ON APPROACH, PILOT ALIGNED TO CENTER OF RUNWAY 13.  MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, FOLLOWED BY TAILWHEEL CONTACT WITH RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT, AND PILOT STATED HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER TO STRAIGHTEN ALIGNMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, TURNED 180 DEGREES TO THE LEFT IN GROUND LOOP.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS LEFT OF RUNWAY.  TIRE SKID MARKS ON RUNWAY INDICATE ONLY THE OUTSIDE RIGHT WHEEL MADE CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH RUNWAY SURFACE.  RIGHT WING AND RIGHT ELEVATOR CONTACTED GROUND.  RIGHT WING FORWARD AND REAR SPARS, RIBS, AILERON AND OUTER SKIN AND RIGHT ELEVATOR FORWARD SPAR, TRAILING EDGE, TRIM TAB AND SKIN REQUIRE MAJOR REPAIRS AND CLASSIFIED AS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA20CA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA046), Oct 17, 2019: Cessna L19 (N5073Y), New Braunfels, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and ground-loop.

## Other reports on N5073Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19991022031329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991022031329I), Oct 22, 1999: Cessna 305A (N5073Y), Hobbs, NM. (-23) On October 22, 1999, while being piloted by Mr. Robert dittert, Cessna N5073Y, landed on the ramp at Hobbs Industrial air park (hbb). The pilot stated…

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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