# Accident 20200717009159A: Cessna Ector 305A, Glenwood Spring, CO, July 17, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2020, 07:53 local time
- Place: Glenwood Spring, CO
- Airport: Glenwood Springs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5061° N, 107.3092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5061&lon=-107.3092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86WM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N86WM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna Ector 305A (registry code 2073902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-ector-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 ECTOR 305A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,857 total, 750 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA289) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200717009159A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT IN CALM, COOL AIR THAT ENDED IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL UPON LANDING AND A GROUNDLOOP IN A TAILWHEEL AIRPLANE, WHICH WAS OVERTURNED IN THE PROCESS. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD, THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS SON, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED ASPEN COLORADO ABOUT 7:25 AM IN CALM CONDITIONS, FLEW VFR TO GLENWOOD, WHERE IT CROSSED EAST TO WEST IN A MIDFIELD CROSSWIND APPROACH, FALLING IN BEHIND A SINGLE COMMANCHE AIRCRAFT ON A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 32. THE AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN AHEAD MADE A LANDING AND PULLED OFF THE RUNWAY AT THE MIDFIELD FUELING STATION SOME 900 FEET FROM THE THRESHOLD. PILOT NOTICED A LIGHT TAILWIND, WHICH ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 3 KNOTS. UPON TOUCH-DOWN PROCEEDED NORMALLY, BUT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL,  APPLIED BRAKES AND AILERONS IN THE PRESCRIBED MANNER UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, TOWARDS THE EAST (AND THE FUELING APRON). HEAVY ON THE BRAKES AND THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO NOSE OVER. AFTER IT CAME TO A HALT THE PIC, TURNED OFF ALL THE SWITCHES AND CRAWLED OUT OF THE OPEN LEFT SIDE WINDOW. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN20CA289](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA289), Jul 17, 2020: Cessna 305 (N86WM), Glenwood Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during landing resulting in a nose over.

## Other reports on N86WM (1)

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

- [Accident 19990918026349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990918026349A), Sep 18, 1999: Cessna 305A (N86WM), Warehouse Point, CT, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 18, 1999, about 1200 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 305A, N86WM, was substantially damaged during a banner pickup at Skylark airport (7B6),…

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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