# Accident 20080909849259A: Cessna 310R, Lake Placid, NY, September 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2008, 22:30 local time
- Place: Lake Placid, NY
- Airport: Lake Placid
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2591° N, 73.9774° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2591&lon=-73.9774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N115CA-2009-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080909849259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOTED DEPARTED MICHIGAN AT AROUND 0630 AM.  PILOT FLEW TO IOWA FOR A GPS MAPPING AND PICTURE TAKING.  PILOT THEN FLEW TO LAKE PLACID NY.  WHILE ENROUTE TO NY, PILOT STATED HE CONTACTED FLIGHT WATCH FOR WEATHER AT LAKE PLACID, NY (FAA FSIAG STATED LOCKHEED-MARTIN ACKNOWLEDGED THEY DID NOT BRIEF PILOT ON NOTAM FOR CLOSED RUNWAY AT LAKE PLACID).  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT LAKE PLACID AT 22:30 LOCAL TIME.  PILOT STRUCK DITCH IN CLOSED RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1150 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 1650 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  PILOT AND PASSENGER 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 MIA08CA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA190), Sep 10, 2008: Cessna 310R (N115CA), Lake Placid, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to observe the ongoing construction to the closed runway while landing. Contributing to the accident was flight service's failure to brief the pilot of the closed runway.

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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