- Date
- July 17, 1993, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Belen, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5214GCessna 305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930717024299A
- Case key
- 18300
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to maintain directional control. A factor was: a quartering tailwind.
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
The pilot made a wheels landing on runway 03, touching down 1,100 feet beyond the runway threshold. After rolling approximately 700 feet, the pilot encountered a left quartering tailwind and the airplane began to veer to the left. Right rudder and brake was applied but this was ineffective. The right wing tip contacted the ground, causing the airplane to ground loop and nose over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5214G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22514
- Airframe hours
- 1,434
- Engine
- Continental O-470-11-B, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bickford/Petmecky
- Registered owner
- Bickford/Petmecky
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1993 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- E98 · Los Lunas, NM
- Destination
- E80
- Airport
- E80 · Alexander Municipal, runway 3, 6,600 × 60 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 650 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.