# NTSB SEA84LA205: Cessna 305A, N305TA, Las Vegas, NV, August 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 19, 1984, 11:31 local (18:31 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Coordinates: 36.119579, -115.079841 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1196&lon=-115.0798&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): 39993
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA205
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39993/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA205

## Sequence of events

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

- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE LEFT WING OF THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND DURING THE LANDING, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE. ACFT CAME TO REST ON THE NOSE AND LEFT WING AFTER GROUND LOOPING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N305TA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N305TA), registered now, S/N 22443, 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: 22443
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-11 190 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Timothy G. Albert
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: NV26, HENDERSON, NV
- Destination: LAS, LAS VEGAS, NV
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: LAS, Mccarran International, runway 19R, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAS

## 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 19840819041339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840819041339A), Aug 19, 1984: Cessna 305A, Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Dragged a wing on the runway prior to touchdown.

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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