ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 362067
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| Date: | Saturday 15 May 1993 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 305A |
| Owner/operator: | Banner Advertising, Inc. |
| Registration: | N5225G |
| MSN: | 21898 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5700 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Collins, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Flying B Ranch, CO |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING FINAL APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN FOR A FULL STOP LANDING, WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE UNDER MARGINAL CONTROL AND TOUCHDOWN WAS HARD ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. FOLLOWING INITIAL TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE RIGHT THEN ARCED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY COMING TO REST IN A DITCH. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT BRAKE FADED AND HE COULD NOT MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. WITNESS MARKS PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF SKIDDING OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FROM SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE DITCH AND EXAMINATION PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF TOUCHDOWN DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN TO THE LEFT. BRAKE SYSTEM TESTS REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.
Probable Cause: AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN93LA059
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1997 | N5225G | Banner Advertising, Inc. | 0 | Watkins, CO | |
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| 17-Mar-2024 17:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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