# Accident 20250720011709A: Cessna 305A, Baraboo, WI, July 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2025, 15:25 local time
- Place: Baraboo, WI
- Airport: Baraboo/Wisconsin Dells Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5220° N, 89.7712° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5220&lon=-89.7712&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9623Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9623Q) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 688 total, 37 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250720011709A

## Narrative

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

IN THE PILOT’S STATEMENT THE PLAN WAS TO STOP FUEL IN KDLL WINDS WERE 100 AT 6 MPH. HE SET UP FOR LANDING ON RWY 19 ANTICIPATED CROSSWINDS SEEMED NEGLIGIBLE. HE DID NOT NOTICE MUCH CRAB REQUIRED FOR LANDING. HE STATED HIS FLARE TO INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS A LITTLE HIGH, HE EXPERIENCE A LIGHT SKIP OF MAYBE 6” OR SO. ON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN, HE PLANTED THE TAIL WHEEL, AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT INTO THE QUOTED CROSSWIND. HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER ALONG WITH THE RIGHT BRAKE, BUT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TIGHTEN ITS ARC TO A SIDE LOAD CONDITION. RESULTING IN A GROUND LOOP.

## 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 CEN25LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA268), Jul 20, 2025: Cessna 305A (N9623Q), Baraboo, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.

## Other reports on N9623Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19851010054789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851010054789A), Oct 10, 1985: Cessna 305A (N9623Q), Marietta, GA, Substantial damage. Lifted off too soon, forgot to retract flaps. Retracted flaps, settled to runway. Veered off runway side, hit tree.

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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