# Accident 20050107002959A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Carefree, AZ, January 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2005
- Place: Carefree, AZ
- Airport: Sky Ranch Carefree Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8181° N, 111.8978° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8181&lon=-111.8978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N340CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N340CS-2017-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,052 total, 136 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050107002959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING AT 18AZ (CAREFREE SKY RANCH) ON RUNWAY 24, PILOT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FELT MUSHY AND DECIDED TO PERFORM A GO AROUND. DURING THIS ATTEMPT THE PILOT STATED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED SURGING AFTER ADVANCING THE THROTTLES FORWARD. THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF AND ENDED UP RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AT THAT TIME THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE RIGHT TIP TANK WAS RUPTURED AND A FIRE COVERED THE RIGHT FORWARD SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE TWO SOULS ON-BOARD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 LAX05LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA063), Jan 8, 2005: Cessna 340 (N340CS), Carefree, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper use of the throttles during an aborted landing attempt that resulted in an engine over-boost condition requiring a reduction in power that then resulted in a runway overrun and…

## Other reports on N340CS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910709039129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910709039129I), Jul 9, 1991: Cessna 340A (N340CS), Mt Vernon, OH. Aircraft climbed above assigned altitude and then corrected. Difficulty with altitude hold function of auto-pilot.

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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