# NTSB SEA07CA215: Cessna 305-C, N919BD, Chino, CA, July 26, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 26, 2007, 10:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Chino, CA
- Coordinates: 33.974445, -117.63639
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9744&lon=-117.6364&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66310
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66310/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA215

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## 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
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he had been cleared to land on runway 26R and he set up for a normal landing. He then reported that as he touched down everything seemed normal, when suddenly the airplane ground-looped to the right, substantially damaging the landing gear and fuselage.  The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft at the time of the accident.  The weather was clear and the winds were from 290 degrees at 5 knots.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that he had been cleared to land on runway 26R and he set up for a normal landing. He then reported that as he touched down everything seemed normal, when suddenly the airplane ground-looped to the right, substantially damaging the landing gear and fuselage.

The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft at the time of the accident.

The weather was clear and the winds were from 290 degrees at 5 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N919BD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N919BD), registered now, S/N 24551 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 305-C
- Registry model: [Cessna 305C (0-1E)](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305c-0-1e) (registry code 2074014) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24551
- Engines: Continental O-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: KTOA, Torrance, CA
- Destination: KCNO, Chino, CA
- Airport: KCNO, Chino Airport, runway 26R, 4,858 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 84; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 8,520 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 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 20070726824799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070726824799A), Jul 26, 2007: Cessna 305C, Chino, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Damage to the t wheel and lower skin. Unconfirmed report that the pilot ground looped. Left voicemail with owner, no response as of 09/17/07. Owner was…

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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