- Date
- September 27, 1984, 20:04 local (Sep 28, 1984, 04:04 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5312GCessna 305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840927056869A
- Case key
- 4234
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During the rollout the tail wheel began to shimmy and the acft swerved to the right and ground looped. The left wing and left horizontal stabilizer contacted the ground. Investigation revealed that the tail wheel spring ass'y was oversized and not properly secured. This was the fourth reported occurrence involving ground directional control problems in this acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5312G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22746
- Airframe hours
- 501
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11B, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 1, 1984 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- Military VFR
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill, runway 24, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 79 in this make and model · 1,279 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5312G · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.