# Incident 20030524014889I: Cessna 305F, West Palm Beach, FL, May 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2003, 18:15 local time
- Place: West Palm Beach, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach County Park Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5930° N, 80.0851° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM BEACH COUNTY PARK (LNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5930&lon=-80.0851&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60564, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60564) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna/Air Repair 305F (registry code 2074032, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-air-repair-305f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305F
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 52 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030524014889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A CESSNA BIRD DOG WHICH WAS DAMAGED ON LANDING AT PALM BEACH COUNTY AIRPARK ON MAY 24, 2003. THE PILOTS NAME IS PAUL ZACKARY OKEAN, HIS PILOTS CERTIFICATE # IS 15420975. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER MR. PAUL SMEBAK. MR. OKEAN STATED THAT UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 9, IT WAS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE LEFT TIRE BLEW FIRST OR THE AIRCRAFT VEERED SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT FIRST. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT STRUT IMPACTED INTO SOFT GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED NOSE DOWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE LEFT OUTBOARD WING AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT/WHEEL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS REPAIRABLE.

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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