# NTSB DEN93LA082: Cessna 305A, N5214G, Belen, NM, July 17, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 17, 1993, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Belen, NM
- Coordinates: 34.809593, -106.730422 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8096&lon=-106.7304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 19, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18300
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN93LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18300/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA082

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  A FACTOR WAS:  A QUARTERING TAILWIND.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5214G), registered now, S/N 22514, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- Registry model: [Cessna 305A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (registry code 2074002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22514
- Airframe hours: 1434
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930717024299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930717024299A), Jul 17, 1993: Cessna 305A, Belen, NM, Substantial damage. Landed in gusty quartering tailwind. Weathervaned into wind. Ground looped and nosed over.

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.

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