Cessna 305A accident near Akron, Colorado, December 3, 1999
On December 3, 1999 at about 9:40 pm local time, a Cessna 305A, registered N5245G, was substantially damaged in an accident near Akron, Colorado (Akron/Washington County airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The failure of the four bolts which attach the right main landing gear assembly to the landing gear strut.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 12, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 3, 1999 · about 9:40 pm local time · cases in 1999
- Place
- Akron, Colorado · Akron/Washington County · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 305A · all 305As on the register
- Registration
- N5245G · registry record · serial 21327
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot said that he was landing on runway 11, and the wind was 010 degrees at 18 knots, gusting to 27 knots. He said that he applied 'screeching' right brake to maintain directional control, and subsequently the right main landing gear assembly separated from the airplane. The airplane settled onto its right wing as the airplane turned left into the wind. Postaccident examination of the wheel assembly, by the pilot, revealed that all four wheel assembly attachment bolts had sheared.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: single-engine land; rotorcraft: balloon
- Flight time: 5,320 hours in all; 1,431 in this make and model; 178 in the last 90 days
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: frt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 8,631 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, June 18, 1999; 350 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,100 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental O-470-11-B (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: ITR Burlington CO at 8:40 pm
- Destination: AKO
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 11, 7,000 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 020° at 20 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: overcast at 2,500 ft
- Temperature: 37°F (3°C), dew point 27°F (-3°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 9:11 pm from AKO
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N5245G the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N5245G on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Cessna 305 202 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Cessna 72,684 aircraft on the register
- Engine: Continental O-470-11-B 12,780 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Colorado Plains Regional · nearest airport
- Kit Carson County · departed from
- Accidents and incidents in Colorado 2,857 since 1982 · 381 in the last ten years
- Colorado 7,455 aircraft registered
- Other NTSB records under N5245G 3 records · the number may have belonged to another aircraft at the time
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/DEN00LA024.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text does not name anyone involved, its policy at this time. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.