- Date
- December 3, 1999, 14:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Akron, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5245GCessna 305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19991203042929A
- Case key
- 47888
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The failure of the four bolts which attach the right main landing gear assembly to the landing gear strut.
Analysis
The pilot said that he was landing on runway 11, and the wind was 010 degrees at 18 knots, gusting to 27 knots. He said that he applied 'screeching' right brake to maintain directional control, and subsequently the right main landing gear assembly separated from the airplane. The airplane settled onto its right wing as the airplane turned left into the wind. Postaccident examination of the wheel assembly, by the pilot, revealed that all four wheel assembly attachment bolts had sheared.
Factual narrative
On December 3, 1999, approximately 1440 mountain standard time, a Cessna 305A (L-19 Birddog), N5245G, was substantially damaged during landing at Akron-Washington County Airport, Akron, Colorado. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant on board, was not injured. The aircraft was being operated under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country flight which originated from Burlington, Colorado, approximately one hour before the accident. No flight plan had been filed.
The pilot said that he was landing on runway 11, and the wind was 010 degrees at 18 knots, gusting to 27 knots. He said that he applied "screeching" right brake to maintain directional control, and subsequently the right main wheel landing gear assembly separated from the airplane. He said that the right "gear leg promptly went away," and the airplane settled onto its right wing as the airplane turned left into the wind. Additionally, the right main landing gear box was damaged, the right outboard wing spar was bent, and the right aileron was damaged.
Postaccident examination of the wheel assembly, by the pilot, revealed that all four wheel assembly attachment bolts had sheared.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5245G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21327
- Airframe hours
- 8,631
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11-B, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Micholas M. Saum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1999 · 350 hours before
- Departed
- ITR · Burlington, CO
- Destination
- AKO
- Airport
- AKO · Akron/Washington County, runway 11, 7,000 × 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 5,320 total · 1,431 in this make and model · 178 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 20 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKO
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 N5245G · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.