# Accident 20241026019059A: Cessna T240, Fort Myers, FL, October 26, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2024, 12:05 local time
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5879° N, 81.8625° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5879&lon=-81.8625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94981, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94981) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T240 (registry code 2073460, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-C (registry code 17246, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T240
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 872 total, 638 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241026019059A

## Narrative

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

ON 10/26/2024 PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PASSENGER LEFT MARATHON AIRPORT AT 10:56 AM RETURNING TO FORT MYERS (KFMY).  PILOT PICKED UP CURRENT ATIS AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES OUT, INDICATING WINDS 04 @ '' DIRECTION, CURRENT ALTIMETER, SKY CONDITIONS , TEMP. AND LANDING AND DEPARTING RUNWAY 5.

AT 10 MILES OUT, PILOT RADIOED PAGE TOWER TELLING THEM HE WAS 10 MILES TO THE SW INBOUND FOR LANDING, WITH CURRENT ATIS.  TOWER WAS VERY BUSY DUE TO ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON RUNWAY 5.  TOWER THEN REDIRECTED PILOT TO USE RUNWAY 13 INSTEAD OF 5.  PILOT NOTICED HIS GROUNDSPEED WAS FASTER THAN NORMAL ON SHORT-FINAL.  AS SOON AS PILOT LANDED HE FELT A GUST OF WIND PUSH HIM OFF THE RUNWAY, CAUSING HIM TO HIT A RUNWAY/TAXI-WAY SIGN WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND WING.  PILOT MANAGED TO GET AIRCRAF TO TAXIWAY TO BETWEEN RUNWAY 13 AND BRAVO TAXIWAY.  PILOT COULD SEE FUEL LEAKING FROM AIRCRAFT AND BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.AIRPORT CREW TOWED THE PLANE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HANGAR.

## 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 ERA25LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA039), Oct 26, 2024: Cessna T240 (N94981), Fort Myers, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate compensation for the prevailing wind conditions while landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a sign.

## Other reports on N94981 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20180507004889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180507004889I), May 7, 2018: Cessna T240 (N94981), Fort Myers, FL, No damage. On may 7, 2018 at approximately 1248 local, a Cessna 240 landed at page field airport (kfmy) on runway 05. During the landing roll-out the aircraft departed…

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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