# NTSB ERA24LA268: Cessna 305, N5309G, Painted Post, NY, June 12, 2024 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 12, 2024, 23:00 UTC - Place: Painted Post, NY - Coordinates: 42.179597, -77.121074 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1796&lon=-77.1211&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 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): 194506 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA268 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194506/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194506 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA268 ## 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. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Light condition: glare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036030): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on personnel; cases with it: [Cessna 305A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036030/cases.md?model=2074002), [All aircraft, 109 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03036030/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 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-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 305A, 22 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2074002), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after 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) ## Analysis The pilot was concluding a short, uneventful flight from a nearby airport. The sun was setting directly in his line of sight while on final approach to land, with a 60-degree flap setting. The pilot described that he misjudged the landing flare and that the airplane bounced on landing. The pilot attempted to abort the landing; however, the airplane was unable to climb. Subsequently, the airplane veered to the right and then to the left, eventually departing the runway surface and coming to rest inverted in a ditch. During the runway excursion, the airplane’s fuselage, wings, and engine mounts were substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5309G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5309G), registered now, S/N 21656, built 1951 (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: 21656 - Year built: 1951 - Airframe hours: 6069.3 - Engines: Continental O-470-11 213 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, August 25, 2023, 39.8 hours before - Departed: ELM, Elmira, NY - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: 7N1, Corning-Painted Post Airport, runway 31, 3,269 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Angle of attack indicator ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 21, 2024; seat: front; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 346.9 total, 218.6 in this make and model, 260.5 as pilot in command, 15.2 in the last 90 days, 8.4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 20° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 29.98 inHg - Observed at: ELM, 10 nm away - METAR: KELM 122253Z 02008KT 10SM FEW070 24/12 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP147 T02390122 ## 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 20240612010279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240612010279A), Jun 12, 2024: Cessna 305A, Painted Post, NY, Destroyed. Investigated aircraft accident at Corning Painted Post Airport (7N1). Aircraft was landing on runway 31, upon landing, went off right side of runway, veered… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 25, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194506. 60.5 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 58.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17301072&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=PIC%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 6 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17301137&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%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. 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