# Accident 20150316010559A: Cessna 340A, Butler, PA, March 16, 2015 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 16, 2015, 17:15 local time - Place: Butler, PA - Airport: Butler County/K W Scholter Fie - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Other, Specify - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1952E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1952E-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 70 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150316010559A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015, N1952E, A CESSNA MODEL 340A WENT OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 26 AT BUTLER COUNTY AIRPORT, BUTLER, PA, AND CAME TO REST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RUNWAY EMBANKMENT AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED. INSPECTION AT THE SCENE REVEALED THAT BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT BACK, THE RIGHT WING TIP TANK AND WING WERE DAMAGED, AND THE NOSE GEAR FORK AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY WERE DETACHED FROM THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED AND HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INTENDING TO FLY BUT WANTED TO HIGH SPEED TAXI THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY ONLY. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD NORMALLY PULL THE POWER BACK AT MID-FIELD DURING THE HIGH SPEED TAXI, BUT ON THIS RUN HE NOTICED A 10% DIFFERENCE IN POWER AS WELL AS A GUST OF WIND. WHILE CORRECTING FOR WIND AND DETERMINING THE DIFFERENCE IN POWER (WHICH OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 70 KNOTS) HE BECAME FIXATED ON THE POWER GAGES AND PULLED THE POWER BACK AFTER HE WAS PAST THE MID-FIELD POINT WHICH WAS TOO LATE. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATE / STOP DISTANCE WAS 1000 FEET GREATER THAN NEEDED FOR THAT RUNWAY. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE POSITIONED THE NOSE TRIM FULL DOWN TO PREVENT PREMATURE TAKEOFF. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO PROCEDURE HE KNEW OF FOR A HIGH SPEED TAXI AND THAT HIS MECHANIC TOLD HIM TO PERFORM THESE HIGH SPEED TAXIS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ABOVE 100 KNOTS PRIOR TO PULLING THE POWER TO IDLE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE APPLIED BRAKES AND WENT INTO THE GRASS SLOWING TO APPROXIMATELY 25-30 KNOTS BEFORE GOING OVER THE EMBANKMENT AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. ## NTSB investigation None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search ## Other reports on N1952E (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20100227039999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100227039999A), Feb 27, 2010: Cessna 340A (N1952E), Grove City, PA, Substantial damage. I contacted [privacy data omitted] to confirm that he was the pilot in command OFN1952E that was involved in the aircraft accident at the Grove City Airport… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.