# Accident 20240612010279A: Cessna 305A, Painted Post, NY, June 12, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2024, 19:00 local time
- Place: Painted Post, NY
- Airport: Corning Painted Post Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1796° N, 77.1211° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1796&lon=-77.1211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5309G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5309G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 305A (registry code 2074002, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-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 305A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240612010279A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA24LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA268), Jun 12, 2024: Cessna 305 (N5309G), Painted Post, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during an aborted landing, which resulted in runway excursion and collision with a ditch.

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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