Cessna 305F N119BD

Summary

On 27 September 2015 at about 20:15 local time, a Cessna 305F registered N119BD, operated by Texas State Technical College, was involved in an accident near Bentonville, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 September 2015 at 20:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Bentonville Muni/Louise M Thad (VBT)

Coordinates

36.3464, -94.2194

Aircraft

Cessna 305F

Registration

N119BD

Category

Airplane

Year built

1953

Engines

1

Operator

Texas State Technical College

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Joplin → Bentonville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA288

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain yaw control during a go-around, which resulted in a right main landing gear collapse and the right wing impacting terrain during a runway excursion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel equipped airplane reported that he had a slightly high descent rate and bounced on landing. After the bounce, he initiated a go-around and the airplane "rapidly yawed left approximately 45 degrees" and he heard the stall warning horn. Subsequently, the pilot immediately lowered the nose but touched back down on the runway in a left 25 degree yaw angle to the runway centerline. Upon touchdown, the right main landing gear separated, the right wing impacted the runway, and the airplane departed the runway surface to the left. The right wing sustained substantial damage. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.