- Date
- October 23, 1992, 18:28 local (Oct 24, 1992, 01:28 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1832Cessna 305A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921023063119A
- Case key
- 27849
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Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining directional control during landing roll resulting in a ground loop swerve.
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
In his written statement, the pilot said he contacted the FAA local controller and was given instructions to enter left traffic for landing. He said he had the airplane's flaps set at 30 degrees and crossed the runway threshold at 80 miles per hour. After crossing the threshold, he said he slowly reduced power to idle. He said the airplane touched down in a three point attitude about 1,000 feet from the beginning of the runway and on the centerline. After touchdown, the airplane started to turn to the left and the pilot reported applying right rudder. He said he over corrected when he applied right rudder. The airplane ground looped to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1832
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 305-2004
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel J. Sweeney
- Registered owner
- Daniel J. Sweeney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- TOA · Torrance, CA
- Destination
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Airport
- PRC · Ernest A. Love Field, runway 21, 7,616 × 150 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
- 62
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,287 total · 4 in this make and model · 10,162 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 1 nm away
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 N1832 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.