# NTSB NYC85LA090: Cessna L-19, N5234G, Perkasie, PA, March 24, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 24, 1985, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Perkasie, PA
- Coordinates: 40.36943, -75.289291 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3694&lon=-75.2893&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35849
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35849/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA090

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, dual student (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, dual student (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

CESSNA L-19,A PRACTICE FLIGHT OF TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS FOR GLIDER TOW OPERATION FOR PHILIDELPHIA GLIDER COUNCIL ENCOUNTER A WIND SHIFT ON LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT OVER CORRECTED AND THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. THE INSTUCTOR PILOT AT THIS TIME TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER ALONG WITH HARD BRAKING WHICH STOPPED THE GROUND LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 20 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF CENTERLINE. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED FORWARD WHEN THE RIGHT GEAR CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND RIGHT BRAKING WAS APPLIED AND THE GEAR SEPARATED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5234G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5234G), registered now, S/N 22404, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA L-19
- 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: 22404
- Airframe hours: 22404
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 SERIES 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Philadelphia Glider Council
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 1, 1984, 15 hours before
- Airport: N70, Pennridge, runway 26, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: rear; flight hours: 2,825 total, 260 in this make and model, 2,575 as pilot in command, 68 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles

## 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 19850324009269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850324009269A), Mar 24, 1985: Cessna 305A, Perkasie, PA, Substantial damage. Practice for glider tow. Windshift landing. Over corrected. Ground looped landing. Separated landing gear.

## Other investigations on N5234G (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC94LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94LA091), May 23, 1994: Cessna 305A (N5234G), Franklin, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF AIRPLANE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING AS A RESULT OF A TIRE FAILURE, AND THE SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH SOFT TERRAIN.

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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