# Accident 20170827013669A: Cessna Ector 305A, Wurtsboro, NY, August 27, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2017, 15:30 local time
- Place: Wurtsboro, NY
- Airport: Wurtsboro-Sullivan County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5967° N, 74.4614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5967&lon=-74.4614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1834, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1834-2018-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna Ector 305A (registry code 2073902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-ector-305a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA ECTOR 305A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA298) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170827013669A

## Narrative

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

WURTSBORO, NY (N82) ON RETURN TO BASE AFTER COMPLETING 5 GLIDER TOWS, PILOT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY ON GRASS AREA OF RUNWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 LOCAL TIME, AND WHILE ON LANDING ROLL EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION, AIRCRAFT SLOWED AND CAME TO A STOP AND FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT SUSTAINED INJURIES WITH LASERATION TO THE HEAD AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

## 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 ERA17LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA298), Aug 27, 2017: Cessna 305 (N1834), Wurtsboro, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fatigue fracture of the left main landing gear axle.

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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