20240612010279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 305A · Painted Post, NY · June 12, 2024

Date
June 12, 2024 · 19:00 local
Place
Painted Post, NY
Airport
Corning Painted Post Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5309G
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24LA268
Reported as
Cessna 305A
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Investigated aircraft accident at Corning Painted Post Airport (7N1). Aircraft was landing on runway 31, upon landing, went off right side of runway, veered back across runway and off of the left side of the runway into a ditch where it flipped over onto its top where it came to rest. Two souls on board, departed the aircraft without injury.

Aircraft sustained significant damage to both wings and wingtips and the top of the rudder. The right-hand wing strut was bent to the point that it the wing needed support to stay horizontal. The aircraft engine was damaged in such a way that bent several of the engine mounts and bent the firewall. The propellor suffered damage from a prop strike and was bent.

As the FAA filed it

INVESTIGATED AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AT CORNING PAINTED POST AIRPORT (7N1). AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 31, UPON LANDING, WENT OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY, VEERED BACK ACROSS RUNWAY AND OFF OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO A DITCH WHERE IT FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS TOP WHERE IT CAME TO REST. TWO SOULS ON BOARD, DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND WINGTIPS AND THE TOP OF THE RUDDER. THE RIGHT-HAND WING STRUT WAS BENT TO THE POINT THAT IT THE WING NEEDED SUPPORT TO STAY HORIZONTAL. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS DAMAGED IN SUCH A WAY THAT BENT SEVERAL OF THE ENGINE MOUNTS AND BENT THE FIREWALL. THE PROPELLOR SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM A PROP STRIKE AND WAS BENT.

NTSB investigation

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