# Accident 20240226000979A: Cessna 340A, Fort Myers, FL, February 26, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2024, 00:27 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242G) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240226000979A

## Narrative

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

SUBJECT ENTERED THE PROPERTY AROUND 0015 ON 26 FEB 2024 NEAR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. SUBJECT WAS SEEN WALKING AROUND A FEW AIRCRAFT AND EVEN ENTERED ANOTHER C340 AND TURNED ON POWER AND THE POSITION LIGHTS CAME ON.

SUBJECT LEFT THAT AIRCRAFT AND SETTLED ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. SUBJECT WAS SEEN ON CAMERA ENTERING AND EXITING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A FEW TIMES BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO START THE #2 ENGINE. ONCE THE #2 ENGINE WAS STARTED, SUBJECT ADVANCED THE #2 THROTTLE AND MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN AND WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE GRASS AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE CONCRETE LIGHT POLE AND MOST OF THE LEFT WING WAS DESTROYED. THE RIGHT ENGINE MADE CONTACT WITH THE CHAIN LINK FENCE AND HAD A SUDDEN STOPPAGE THAT DESTROYED THE #2 PROPELLER AND DAMAGED THE ENGINE. RIGHT WING WAS INTACT, AND THE FENCE WAS DAMAGED. SUBJECT FLED THE SCENE.

## 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

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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