# NTSB GAA15CA288: Cessna 305F, N119BD, Bentonville, AR, September 27, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: September 27, 2015, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Bentonville, AR
- Coordinates: 36.346389, -94.219444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3464&lon=-94.2194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 2015
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: Little Rock FSDO (FAA)
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92093
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA15CA288
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92093/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=92093
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA288

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain yaw control during a go-around, which resulted in a right main landing gear collapse and the right wing impacting terrain during a runway excursion.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 305F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2074015), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: yaw control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062024): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 305F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062024/cases.md?model=2074015), [All aircraft, 149 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062024/cases.md)
- [Landing gear system: main landing gear](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Capability exceeded; cases with it: [Cessna 305F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210/cases.md?model=2074015), [All aircraft, 241 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023210/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-VFR go-around: Stall warn/stick-shaker/pusher](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/430); cases with it: [Cessna 305F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/430/sequence.md?model=2074015), [All aircraft, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/430/sequence.md)
- [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 305F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2074015), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Approach-VFR go-around: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna 305F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2074015), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 305F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2074015), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 305F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2074015), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that he had a slightly high descent rate and bounced on landing. After the bounce, he initiated a go-around and the airplane "rapidly yawed left approximately 45 degrees" and he heard the stall warning horn. Subsequently, the pilot immediately lowered the nose but touched back down on the runway in a left 25 degree yaw angle to the runway centerline. Upon touchdown, the right main landing gear separated, the right wing impacted the runway, and the airplane departed the runway surface to the left. The right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that he had a slightly high descent rate and bounced on landing. After the bounce, he initiated a go-around and the airplane "rapidly yawed left approximately 45 degrees" and he heard the stall warning horn. Subsequently, the pilot immediately lowered the nose but touched back down on the runway in a left 25 degree yaw angle to the runway centerline. Upon touchdown, the right main landing gear separated, the right wing impacted the runway, and the airplane departed the runway surface to the left. The right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N119BD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N119BD), registered now, S/N 23225, built 1953 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305F
- Registry model: [Cessna 305F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305f) (registry code 2074015) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 23225
- Year built: 1953
- Airframe hours: 8906.6
- Engines: Continental O-470-11B 213 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Texas State Technical College
- Registered owner: Texas State Technical College
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 22, 2015
- Departed: JLN, JOPLIN, MO
- Destination: VBT, Bentonville, AR
- Airport: VBT, Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thad, runway 18, 4,426 × 65 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 18, 2015; seat: front; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 463 total, 53 in this make and model, 389 as pilot in command, 51 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.98 inHg
- Observed at: KVBT

## 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 20150927015589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150927015589A), Sep 27, 2015: Cessna C305F, Bentonville, AR, Substantial damage. On September 29, 2015 at 1500 CDT, an Cessna C305, N119BD, registered to Texas state techincal college, bounced on landing, then the right landing gear…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 23, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=92093. 2.5 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40434178&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Photos (item 2, .PDF, 2 photos, 586 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40434179&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photos-Master.PDF

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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