- Date
- January 10, 1988, 14:05 local (21:05 UTC)
- Place
- Littleton, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5245GCessna 305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880110000509A
- Case key
- 17437
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - snow coveredCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5245G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21327
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11-B, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Finch, Jerry J.
- Registered owner
- Jerry J Finch
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 3, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Denver, CO
- Destination
- CO98 · Littleton, CO
- Airport
- CO98 · Bowen Farm 1, runway 9, 2,200 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,858 total · 2,700 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F
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.
NTSB DEN00LA024Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAkron, COThe failure of the four bolts which attach the right main landing gear assembly to the landing gear strut.NTSB NYC98LA181Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLouisville, KYThe pilot's improper inflight decision, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall.NTSB FTW96LA172Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportErie, COentanglement of the tow banner during banner pickup, and subsequent failure or inability to jettison the banner. A factor relating to the accident was: high gusty wind condition.