# Accident 20200516006509A: Cessna/Air Repair Inc 305F, Oxford, CT, May 16, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2020, 16:10 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury Oxford
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1353° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60537 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA/AIR REPAIR INC 305F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 923 total, 18 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200516006509A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA20CA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA190), May 16, 2020: Cessna 305 (N60537), Oxford, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground-loop.

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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