# Accident 20090418008919A: Cessna 305F, Embdem, MA, April 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2009, 14:45 local time
- Place: Embdem, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8833° N, 69.9167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8833&lon=-69.9167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60537 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 180 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090418008919A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 ERA09CA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA252), Apr 18, 2009: Cessna/Air Repair 305F (N60537), Embden, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point while landing.

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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