# Accident 19760523012389A: Cessna 305A, Waynesboro, VA, May 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1976
- Place: Waynesboro, VA
- Airport: Waynesboro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 38.0672° N, 78.9014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waynesboro, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0672&lon=-78.9014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5248G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 610 total, 33 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76DID28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DID28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760523012389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT VEERED L OFF RWY HIT ADJ RWY LIGHT CONE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD76DID28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DID28), May 23, 1976: Cessna 305 (N5248G), Waynesboro, VA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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