20090418008919A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 305F · Embdem, MA · April 18, 2009

Date
April 18, 2009 · 14:45 local
Place
Embdem, MA
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N60537
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09CA252
Reported as
Cessna 305F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total180 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot landed long on 1400' grass strip in embden, Maine. Aircraft rolled out onto newly extended portion of runway and right landing gear sank into mud. The right landing gear became detached from aircraft and the aircraft nose over coming to rest inverted. Aircraft sustained damage to prop, nose down, vertical stabilizer, rudder, wing tips, right landing gear and right wing strut. Structural damage was noted evident by wrinkled skin on the upper wing and buckling at wing strut fuselage attachment points.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT LANDED LONG ON 1400' GRASS STRIP IN EMBDEN, MAINE. AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT ONTO NEWLY EXTENDED PORTION OF RUNWAY AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR SANK INTO MUD. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR BECAME DETACHED FROM AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE OVER COMING TO REST INVERTED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PROP, NOSE DOWN, VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER, WING TIPS, RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT WING STRUT. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED EVIDENT BY WRINKLED SKIN ON THE UPPER WING AND BUCKLING AT WING STRUT FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT POINTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.