- Date
- August 27, 2022, 09:17 local (15:17 UTC)
- Place
- Rexburg, ID · NE of Idaho Falls
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N305SUCessna 305C (0-1E)
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20220827022949A
- Case key
- 105822
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during the landing roll on a wet airstrip.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot in the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that, while landing on a private grass strip, he noticed water on the north end of the landing area. He stated that he landed long to the south of the wet area with a 5 kt tailwind. When the airplane touched down, it encountered standing water. The airplane subsequently nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The wings and vertical stabilizer were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N305SU
- Reported as
- Cessna 305C (0-1E)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 305M-0007
- Built
- 1961
- Airframe hours
- 4,277
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470-15, 213 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Bagley
- Registered owner
- 305su LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 2022
- Departed
- KREX · Rexburg, ID
- Airport
- runway South, 1,300 × 50 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS
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
- 74
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Waiver time limited special
- Last flight review
- May 24, 2022
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- KRXE, 5 nm away
- METAR
- KRXE 271453Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 14/08 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP097 T01390083 58000
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 30, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.