Cessna 305C (0 1E) N305CM

Summary

On 12 June 2017 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 305C (0 1E) registered N305CM, operated by Legacy Flight Museum, was involved in an accident near Rexberg, Idaho, 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

12 June 2017 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Rexberg, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Rexburg-Madison County (RXE)

Coordinates

43.8339, -111.8050

Aircraft

Cessna 305C (0 1E)

Registration

N305CM

Category

Airplane

Year built

1957

Engines

1

Operator

Legacy Flight Museum

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rexberg → Rexberg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA17CA346

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he attempted a crosswind landing to the asphalt surface of runway 35. He had about 300 hours of total tailwheel flight time, and he had 5 hours of flight time in the accident airplane. This was the pilot's first flight as the pilot-in-command. He recalled that the Automated Surface Observing System reported that the wind was from 050° at 5 knots, gusting to 21 knots. During the landing roll, the airplane encountered a wind gust from the right, and the tail lifted. The pilot lost directional control of the airplane, and the airplane faced southeast when another wind gust lifted the left wing, and the right wing struck the ground. The wind gust subsided, and the airplane came to rest upright. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, the right aileron, and the elevator. Per the National Transportation Safety Board Pilot Aircraft Accident Report, the pilot reported that the accident could have been prevented if he had received more instruction from a Federal Aviation Administration certificated flight instructor in the accident airplane that was specific to crosswind landings. "But more important, I should have flown the airplane to an airport with a runway that was more in line with the wind." The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.