# NTSB ERA22LA250: Cessna 340, N47BP, St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, May 23, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 23, 2022, 13:33 local (17:33 UTC)
- Place: St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL · On airport
- Coordinates: 27.908634, -82.68651
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9086&lon=-82.6865&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105158
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA22LA250
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105158/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105158
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA250

## Probable cause

The pilot’s inability to stop the airplane on the available runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with an airport perimeter fence.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 340, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=2076404), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 340, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2076404), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 340, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2076404), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 340, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2076404), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot said that before he departed, he tested the airplane’s brakes and they functioned normally. He then departed, made one circuit in the traffic pattern, and landed about 500 to 1,000 ft beyond the first intersection located at the approach end of the 9,730-ft-long runway. The pilot said the brakes were not working during the landing roll-out and he was unable to stop or slow on the remaining runway. The pilot veered the airplane off the left side of the runway, traveled another 1,800 ft and impacted the airport’s perimeter fence resulting in substantial damage to the airplane’s fuselage. A postaccident examination of the airplane’s brakes revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation at the time of the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N47BP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47BP-2023-12-11), registration cancelled 2023-12-11, S/N 340-0223, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Registry model: [Cessna 340](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (registry code 2076404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 340-0223
- Year built: 1973
- Airframe hours: 2719
- Engines: Continental TSIO-520-NB 310 horsepower reciprocating; Continental TSIO-520-NB 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Lakeside Aviation Inc
- Registered owner: Lakeside Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 23, 2022
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: PIE, St Pete - Clearwater, runway 18, 9,730 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 75; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 24, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 2,002 total, 460 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.09 inHg
- Observed at: KCLW, 6 nm away
- METAR: METAR KCLW 231735Z AUTO 12006KT 080V160 10SM SCT041 SCT050 SCT065 32/19 A3009

## 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 20220523008679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220523008679A), May 23, 2022: Cessna 340, St. Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. On may 23, 2022, at approximately 1830 eastern standard time, a registered aircraft, N47BP, a Cessna 340, serial number 340-0223 landed at St. Petersburg…

## Docket (5 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 27, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105158. 22.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 21.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14183561&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20incident%20report%20N47BP%205-23-22_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- NTSB summary of email - pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 168 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14289154&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Summary%20of%20Email%20-%20Pilot-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 432 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14183856&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photos-Rel.pdf
- NTSB summary of email with FAA (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 94 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14183866&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=FAA%20Summary%20of%20Email-Rel.pdf
- NTSB summary of email - pie airport supervisor (item 5, PDF, 1 page, 196 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14619221&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Summary%20of%20Email%20-%20PIE%20Airport%20Supervisor-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.

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