# NTSB CEN22LA245: Cessna 305, N201FM, Sioux Falls, SD, June 10, 2022 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 10, 2022, 16:23 local (21:23 UTC) - Place: Sioux Falls, SD - Coordinates: 43.592214, -96.734917 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5922&lon=-96.7349&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA Rapid City FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 105250 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN22LA245 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105250/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105250 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA245 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control after an attempted go-around, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 305A, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2074002), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 305A, 19 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2074002), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna 305A, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2074002), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cessna 305A, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2074002), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 305A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2074002), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 305A, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2074002), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Cessna 305A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=2074002), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that during the landing to the first one-third of the runway, the airplane bounced, and the pilot applied full power for a go-around. With the flaps still extended 30°, the nose of the airplane pitched up and yawed to the right. The right wing stalled, and then the right wing tip impacted the runway. The pilot leveled the wings, reduced the pitch attitude, and arrested the yaw. The airplane then departed the runway. The pilot decided to abandon the go-around attempt and closed the throttle. The airplane entered waist-high grass and the left main landing gear collapsed in the soft soil. The airplane rapidly decelerated, remaining upright, and came to a stop. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and to the fuselage. The pilot reported there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or the engine that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N201FM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N201FM-2023-11-27), registration cancelled 2023-11-27, S/N 22488, built 1952 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 305 (A) - Registry model: [Cessna 305A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (registry code 2074002) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 22488 - Year built: 1952 - Airframe hours: 4130.3 - Engines: Continental Motors O-470 Series 269 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Bird Dog Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 2022 - Airport: FSD, Joe Foss Field Airport, runway 21, 8,999 × 150 ft, concrete - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 75; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 11, 2020; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 3,315 total, 56 in this make and model, 3,103 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 310° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 61 °F - Altimeter: 29.88 inHg - Observed at: KFSD, 1 nm away - METAR: KFSD 102056Z 31004KT 10SM SCT038 BKN060 BKN220 26/16 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP112 T02610156 55006 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20220610009749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220610009749A), Jun 10, 2022: Cessna 305A, Sioux Falls, SD, Substantial damage. Pilot was cleared for landing touch and go #1 on rwy 21 at fsd and a jet was cleared to land #2 for rwy 21. Pilot didn't want to impede the flow of the landing… ## Other investigations on N201FM (2) 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 CHI98LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA137), Apr 29, 1998: Cessna 305 (N201FM), Fredricktown, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after landing. Factors contributing to this accident were the embankment, and the soft , muddy soil making up the embankment. - [NTSB ATL90LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA113), May 18, 1990: Cessna 305A (N201FM), Woodstock, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: AN INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT. ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 29, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105250. 4.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14036751&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120_1%20Redacted-Rel.pdf - Accident photographs (item 2, PDF, 4 pages, 2.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14037236&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photographs-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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