20200516006509A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna/Air Repair 305F · Oxford, CT · May 16, 2020

Date
May 16, 2020 · 16:10 local
Place
Oxford, CT
Airport
Waterbury Oxford
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N60537
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA20CA190
Reported as
Cessna/Air Repair 305F
Reported engine
Lycoming O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
923 total18 in this make and model25 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.

Pilot over controlled during a skid during the landing roll out, causing a subsequent ground loop. The ground loop resulted in damage to the left wingtip and aileron. The aircraft nosed over and came to rest on the propeller which caused damage to all three propeller blades. Damage to outer left wingtip and aileron. This damage is considered major damage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT OVER CONTROLLED DURING A SKID DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT, CAUSING A SUBSEQUENT GROUND LOOP. THE GROUND LOOP RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGTIP AND AILERON. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON THE PROPELLER WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES. DAMAGE TO OUTER LEFT WINGTIP AND AILERON. THIS DAMAGE IS CONSIDERED MAJOR DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

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